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Treatment of Ankylosis Spondyliti

It is a form of arthritis that usually involve the bones  in your spine and jonts

What are the symptoms of spondyloarthropathy?

  • Back pain with stiffness , it worse at night or early morning
  • Swelling of joint which is a painful
  • Fatique
  • Dull deep sited pan.
  • Mostly involved joints are  hips, shoulders, knees and elbows
  • Inflammation of the tendon of the joints like fingers and toes, and it becomes swollen
  • Arthritis of hips and shoulders joint develop early in patients of ankylosing spondylitis.
  • In later stage your spine becomes stiff and it could damage the vertebrae and it fuses with each-other and makes difficulty your rib cage to expand. In some patients , fully deep breathing is difficult to take.

How it is diagnosed?

  • Doctor will examine your spine, body and joints and advised the X-ray of the spine along with involved joints.
  • Blood tests like Gene test HLA B-27 can pick up your risk of spa.

Causes of spa?

  • It is an inherited / genetic.
  • The gene HLA B -27 is main culprit and it is seen in 90% of the patients with Ankylosing  Spondylitis.
  • Arthritis induces inflammation in joints

Treatments

NSAIDS : to reduce pain and swelling of the affected joints, NSAIDS like Naproxen, Ibuprofen, are effective in relieving inflammation.

For quick, but temporary pain relief, Corticosteroids has magic role

DMARDS might be given to treat arthritis.