| Ankylosing spondylitis is a form of arthritis. | | | | daily exercise all parts of the spine and the chest |
| Ankylosing spondylitis is a disorder that generally | | | | area. Exercises to assert the full range of |
| influences the spine. Ankylosing spondylitis mainly | | | | movement of your spine. Physical therapy for |
| causes inflammation of the joints between the | | | | ankylosing spondylitis includes instructions and |
| vertebrae of your spine and the joints between | | | | exercises to maintain proper posture. This includes |
| your spine and pelvis. Ankylosing spondylitis | | | | deep breathing for lung expansion and stretching |
| affects about 1 in 250 people. AS usually develops | | | | exercises to improve spine and joint mobility. |
| in teenagers or young adults. Ankylosing | | | | Hydrotherapy (physiotherapy in water) and |
| spondylitis develop most generally between the | | | | physiotherapy may also be helpful in reducing |
| ages of 20 and 40. Ankylosing spondylitis is 10 to | | | | movement. Drugs to manage pain and reduce |
| 20 times more familer in people whose parents or | | | | inflammation are commonly prescribed for people |
| siblings have it. Approximately 1 in 1000 people in | | | | with AS. |
| the UK have ankylosing spondylitis. | | | | Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can |
| AS affects about three times as many men as | | | | decrease the pain and inflammation. |
| women. People with AS tend to be of medium | | | | Anti-inflammatory medication may be prescribed |
| height with a slim build and a long, narrow face. In | | | | to alleviate the pain and inflammation. |
| women, joints away from the spine are more | | | | Corticosteroids help only in the tiny-term |
| frequently affected than in men. Ankylosing | | | | treatment of inflammation of the eyes and of |
| spondylitis is related with HLA-B27 in affected | | | | joints extra than the spine. Muscle relaxants and |
| persons of european ancestry. Environment and | | | | opioid analgesics are commonly used for only brief |
| bacterial infections may also have roles in cause | | | | periods to allay severe pain and muscle spasms. |
| ankylosing spondylitis. Symptoms of ankylosing | | | | Finally, patients who have severe disease of the |
| spondylitis loss of appetite, weight loss, fatigue, | | | | hip joints and spine may require orthopedic |
| and anemia. Other symptoms of ankylosing | | | | surgery. Surgery for the spine is rarely wanted. |
| spondylitis pain and swelling in the hips, knees and | | | | Hip or knee replacements are sometimes |
| ankles. | | | | esteemed if there is many arthritis of those |
| The best way to stop ankylosing spondylitis is to | | | | joints. |