I was just diaganoised with polyarthritis from my Rheumatologist, after waiting two months to get in. He unbelievably put all the pieces of my puzzle together, which I didn't know they were related, and came up with polyarthritis right away. I had classbook symptoms but of course I didn't know that at the time. In May I started to get tiny blisters on my hands and fingers which would dry up in about two days and turn brown and then peel. It was all over both hands---not a pretty sight. In May I went to family doctor who put me on a mild steriod cream which didn't do anything. Then he sent me to a Dermatologist who gave me a real strong steriod cream that I could only use one week and then go back to using the weak cream. This went on for two months till my next appt. In Sept. I started to get terrific pain in my achillis tendon and the top of my foot. All I did was limp--I couldn't walk right. It was very sore to the touch and nothing would take pain away. To make a long story short my family doctor sent me to a Rheumatologist. After all the questions etc. he asked if I ever had uritis of the eye. Of course I didn't know what he was talking about so I said what is that. He said if you had it you would know it, it's very painful. A bell went off in my head. I had a terrible time at the beginning of the year with such pain around my eye and the eye socket, blurred vision, redness etc. Nothing took the pain away, I had to go to specialist in another state where I was vacationing! The Rheumy looked at my knuckles and felt each one and then turned my hands over and saw the psoritis on the palms and said,"oh my word you got polyarthritis. " Here all these symptoms are directly related to polyarthritus and he put it all together, God bless him (since I thought I had some terrible dreaded disease forming) In retrospect, I wouldn't have told the dermatologist I was having trouble walking, so he wouldn't have put it together, nor did I bother to send my papers from the eye specialist in Fla. to my family doctor. I am taking lodine for now and physical therapy for the achillis tendon and if that doesn't work its on to other things! Has anyone else have this polyarthritis and psorisis on their hands?