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“An improved risk stratification and vigilance for early diagnosis and treatment of AS particularly in African American patients is needed,” say study authors.
‘I knew that if I had to face the day I couldn’t just wake up, hop out of bed, and move as quickly as the rest of New York City.’
‘In a strange way, I was relieved to be diagnosed. And on some other, deeper, quieter level, I felt a connection to my family in an ancestral way.’
Already approved for rheumatoid arthritis, upadacitinib may help other inflammatory conditions as well.
Ankylosing spondylitis, a type of axial spondyloarthritis, can be tricky to diagnose. These other diseases can present similarly to AS and cause a misdiagnosis.
Having AS with psoriasis may have some things in common with psoriatic arthritis, but research shows these are two distinct conditions.
This is an important finding for people to know, considering that NSAIDs are a first-line treatment for AS.
Axial spondyloarthritis is an umbrella term for different types of inflammatory arthritis that affect the spine and other joints.
When you think ‘ankylosing spondylitis,’ you tend to think: lower back pain. But you can have pain in peripheral joints like the knees.
More medication options and updated research about medication effectiveness has led to an update in AS treatment guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology.
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