As a psoriatic arthritis patient, describing your pain to your doctor is not always easy. Many patients have spent years bouncing from their general physician to different specialists, only to have ...

Doctors can use several tools to assess your pain level with ankylosing spondylitis. Being as specific as possible in describing your symptoms can help doctors determine effective treatment options.

“It’s really sore,” my (Josh’s) five-year-old daughter said, cradling her broken arm in the emergency department. “But on a scale of zero to ten, how do you rate your pain?” asked the nurse. My ...