Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that affects the spine and sacroiliac joints. The sacroiliac joints connect the lower spine to the pelvis. Arthritis causes chronic inflammation, and in ...

AS and Heart Disease Risk AS Drugs and Heart Disease Reducing the Risk Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) does more than cause the telltale symptoms of lower back pain and stiffness — it can cause a range of ...

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are different types of arthritis. Some symptoms of these conditions may overlap, but DISH and AS also have distinctions ...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the spine and sacroiliac joints (those between the spine and hipbone). Less commonly, AS can affect other joints such ...

At first glance, it might seem like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) don’t have much in common. But despite their different areas of focus, these two conditions ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 28 - Ankylosing spondylitis increases the risk of periodontal disease, German researchers report in the January issue of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Lead author Dr ...

The etiopathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is not fully understood. However, there is strong evidence indicating that genetic factors play a pivotal role in disease susceptibility, and that ...

In some people, there’s a relationship between ankylosing spondylitis and kidney problems. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of arthritis that affects the spine and sacroiliac joints. Those joints ...

The JAK inhibitor upadacitinib (Rinvoq) outperformed placebo in ankylosing spondylitis patients whose disease hadn't responded to standard biologic drug therapy, phase III trial data showed. Almost ...

Treatment for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) aims to achieve and maintain remission. When in remission, disease activity such as inflammation, joint stiffness, and pain is low or minimal. AS is a type of ...

Seronegative spondylitis is spine inflammation that occurs with a blood test that is negative for possible causes. Back pain happens for a variety of reasons, such as mechanical issues, structural ...