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Ankylosing Spondylitis - Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis

What is Ankylosing Spondylitis?

Ankylosing Spondylitis is a rheumatic disease which affects the joints between the vertebrae of the spine. It causes to pain and stiffness in the various part of the body such as back, neck, hips, jaw and in some people inflamed eyes and heart valves and totally makes damage to the spinal cord. It affects males more often than females. It is characterized by the pain in the body parts which spreads in different parts, which is accompanied by fever, appetite, heart and lung problems.

What are the symptoms of Ankylosing Spondylitis?

• Symptoms are vary from one person to another.
• The common symptom is back pain not for an hour or two hour but it occur over a week and month.
• Back pain occur mostly in night.
• Back becomes rigid in the morning.
• It creates pain in eyes, cause sensitivity to bright light and makes them red.
• Pain occur in thighs, shins, heels etc.
• Ankylosing spondylitis cause to loss of appetite, loss of weight.
• Some time it creates only few mild aches and pains.
• Fever and fatigue are also the symptoms of Ankylosing Spondylitis
  

Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis

• A good treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis is regular exercise of all spine and chest area.
• Swimming is also a best treatment because it keeps working patients shoulder and thigh.
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs is useful to treat ankylosing spondylitis.
• Bisphosphonates and Biological therapies are the new drugs which is given by an injection.
• Spinal surgery may also require in complicated case of spinal disease.
• Severe hip can involve hip replacement procedure.
• Enbrel and Remicadeenbrel both are useful in relieving pain and inflammation.
• Breathing exercise also play an important role in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis.