Ankylosing spondylitis
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of arthritis. There is a long-term inflammation of the joints of the spine.[1]
Usually the joints where the spine joins the pelvis are also affected. Eye and bowel problems may also occur. Pain in the back is a typical symptom of AS, and it often comes and goes.[1] Stiffness of the affected joints usually gets worse over time.[1][2]
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) inflames the sacroiliac joints located between the base of the spine and pelvis from there the disease starts and gradually captures the entire spinal cord and there is complete tilt in the body. Some of the bones in the spine fuse, this fusing makes the spine less flexible. If ribs are affected, it can be difficult to breathe deeply.
What are ankylosing spondylitis symptom?
- Pain and stiffness in the body are its common symptoms.
- Joint pain.
- Neck pain.
- Ankylosing spondylitis patients have back pain or hip pain.
- Stiffness in the body when they wake up in the morning.
- Breathing Problem.
- Chest Pain.
- Bone fever in the body.
- Fatigue.
- Vision Problem
- Loss of appetite, irritability are all the symptoms of this disease.
If the pain in the back bone is more than 3 months and the stiffness is more on getting up in the morning, then we should see the rheumatologist as soon as possible.
In this disease, the bones of the spine are completely fused, ie, the bones joining in this disease become one bone in 8-10 years, due to which the patient can get up, sit, walk, bend, twist of the neck. shuts down and all day-to-day activities are affected.
See Also
Ankylosing Spondylitis Media
Le processus d'ankylose, fait par Senseiwa à partir d'une image tirée du Gray's Anatomy
34-year-old male with AS. Inflammatory lesions of the anterior chest wall are shown (curved arrows). Inflammatory changes are seen in the lower thoracic spine and L1 (arrows).
Fracture of the T5 and C7 vertebra due to trauma in a person with ankylosing spondylitis as seen on a CT scan
Drawing from 1857 of Leonard Trask who had a severe case of AS
Lateral X-ray of the mid back in ankylosing spondylitis
Lateral X-ray of the neck in ankylosing spondylitis
X-ray showing bamboo spine in a person with ankylosing spondylitis
CT scan showing bamboo spine in ankylosing spondylitis
T1-weighted MRI with fat suppression after administration of gadolinium contrast showing sacroiliitis in a person with ankylosing spondylitis
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Questions and Answers about Ankylosing Spondylitis". NIAMS. June 2016. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "Ankylosing spondylitis". GARD. 9 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
