To prevent psoriatic arthritis, attention must be paid to reducing individual risk factors.
The following trigger factors (possible triggers) are suspected:
- Bacterial infections (eg, group A streptococci).
- Inflammatory lesions such as dental granulomas (small nodules in the tooth area).
- Joint trauma (joint injuries), joint stresses.
- Proliferative-destructive inflammation at joint soft tissues, synovium (synovial fluid), bone.
- T-cell-mediated immune response with secretion (release) prophlogistic cytokines (pro-inflammatory messengers).
- Viral infections (e.g., HIV).
