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Vital voices: Katie's story of psoriatic arthritis diagnosis

Katie shares her healthcare judgement and dismissal. She speaks of getting taken more seriously as a woman seeing a female doctor.

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Up Next

  • Vital voices: Takieyah's journey to find a doctor to diagnosis her psoriatic arthritis

  • Vital voices: Porsche's story to her psoriatic arthritis

  • Vital voices: Digi's journey living with psoriatic arthritis

  • Ronnisha's experience with her psoriatic arthritis diagnosis

  • Vital voices: Victoria's story to getting treatment for psoriatic arthritis

  • Vital voices: difficulty receiving a proper psoriasis diagnosis

  • Brett's story: psoriatic arthritis

  • Vital voices: difficulty getting diagnosed

  • Patient perspectives: learning to adapt and finding understanding with psoriatic arthritis

  • Vital voices: advocating for yourself

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