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Just because some kinds of NSAIDs are available over the counter doesn’t mean they don’t have important side effects to be aware of.
When you think of inflammatory arthritis like rheumatoid arthritis, you often think of it affecting the small joints like the hands and feet. Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-AxSpA) is a different kind of inflammatory arthritis. It falls under an umbrella category of...
Getting diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis is often a challenging process, but being prepared can help.
AS seems to take different kinds of tolls on men vs. women.
New research further confirms that patients with AS have options when it comes to picking the best treatment for them.
It can some patients a decade to get the right diagnosis. This advice should significantly speed up the process.
Ankylosing spondylitis can present quite differently from person to person. These are some clues your back pain and other symptoms could actually be AS.
When more than 75 percent of people with ankylosing spondylitis say they currently have back pain, stiffness, fatigue, and joint pain — not to mention a high prevalence of co-occurring health problems like depression, anxiety, and migraine — it’s not...
Although ankylosing spondylitis (AS) runs in families, figuring out who has it isn’t easy. This autoimmune disorder causes chronic back pain, but so do many other problems. It typically takes eight to 10 years from the time symptoms start to...
There's no clear evidence that drugs like DMARDs and/or TNF inhibitors make people ankylosing spondylitis more likely to be hospitalized from infection.