Ankylosing Spondylitis

Spondyloarthropathy (also known as spondyloarthritis) refers to a group of inflammatory rheumatic diseases with common characteristics that can include inflammation of the spine, eye, gastrointestinal tract, and skin.

Ankylosing spondylitis is primarily characterized by chronic inflammation of the spine and sacroiliac joints. Ankylosing spondylitis is also a systemic rheumatic disease. Learn more fast facts about ankylosing spondylitis.

Ankylosing spondylitis is one of the rheumatic diseases which belong to the group of conditions known as spondyloarthopathies. Statistics reveal that about 129 out of 100,000 people in the United States have ankylosing spondylitis. Do you have symptoms associated with ankylosing spondylitis?

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HLA B27 is an inherited gene marker associated with a number of related rheumatic diseases.

Two genes have been identified by researchers and linked to ankylosing spondylitis, a type of arthritis that causes back pain and progressive stiffness.

People with ankylosing spondylitis may get better results by taking NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) daily as opposed to an as-needed basis. Results from a two year study, reported in Arthritis & Rheumatism (June 2005), show that ankylosing spondylitis progressed more slowly in patients taking the drugs regularly.

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Information on ankylosing spondylitis including an overview, symptoms, treatments, and prevention. Illustrated resource.