Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic arthritis that involves sacroiliac joint, spinal column, the soft tissue and peripheral joints. Ankylosing spondylitis is dangerous, because the serious case can lead to spine stiffness, restricted movement of cervical vertebra, thoracic vertebra and lumbar vertebra.
Main symptoms
It causes severe inflammation of the spinal vertebrae and sacroiliac joints where is just the meeting place of spine bottom and the buttocks so as to destroy the function of sacroiliac joints and lead to spine deformity which affects life greatly. What’s worse, it happens to any age, even children and men are easier to get the disease.
The main symptoms of this ankylosing spondylitis are stiffness, pain of spine and joints and restricted movement. And these symptoms usually get worse in the morning or after long time of inactivity.Sometimes patients would get a forward curvature of the spine due to the long-term inflammation, pain and bad posture that patients try to relieve the pain. The spine deformity is dangerous for patients, because the organs may be affected.
Other Complications
Besides, there are some complications associated with ankylosing spondylitis , including eye inflammation (uveitis), compression fractures, difficulty breathing and heart problems.
The complications caused by ankylosing spondylitis are dangerous too. The uveitis can cause eye pain, sensitivity to light and blurred vision. Early treatment is necessary. In the early stage of ankylosing spondylitis, the bones of patients will get thinner, and then the weakened vertebrae may crumble, which increases the severity of the stooped posture. Vertebral fractures, to some extent, can damage the spinal cord and the nerves in the spine. Once the ankylosing spondylitis damages your ribs, the fused bones will make your lung out of full inflation and you will feel difficult in breathing. The ankylosing spondylitis is dangerous due to its damage of aorta, which will greatly affect the function of heart.
Anyway the ankylosing spondylitis is dangerous for the spine and joints, affecting patients’ normal life. If you have the symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis, please go for a diagnosis in professional hospital, experts from Beijing Hou Liping Rheumatoid Hospital remind you of that early treatment is good way to improve the prognosis. Beijing Hou Liping Rheumatoid Hospital
sincerely bring you hope to get rid of ankylosing spondylitis.
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