The HLA-B27 test is recommended to help diagnose autoimmune conditions like ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, and ...

You’re most likely to feel the effects of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in your spine, particularly your lower back and the joints where your hip bones attach to your spine. But the disease can ...

OBJECTIVE: Tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors are frequently used in the treatment of axial spondyloarthritis. While tumor necrosis factor alpha is associated with some malignancies, studies on ...

Natural treatments for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a type of inflammatory arthritis, can help you to deal with pain and stiffness in the spine and other joints. Exercise, nutrition, and smoking ...

Patients with ankylosing spondylitis who were exposed to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors had an approximately 30% lower risk for cardiovascular events than those who had never been exposed ...

Methotrexate is an immunosuppressant drug that reduces pain and swelling in ankylosing spondylitis. It can also help slow disease progression. Identifying and Treating Different Types of Ulcers ...

Many conditions can cause joint pain, but not all will affect all the joints at once. Sudden and widespread joint pain can result from infections, inflammatory diseases, and complications of some ...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) flare-ups can be common ... and a fever. People said their joints felt hot and burning. Muscle spasms and more sensitivity also happened. More morning stiffness ...

Standardized assessment of damage to axial joints in PsA may be performed using Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Radiology Index, the modified Stokes Ankylosing Spondylitis Spinal Score, Radiographic ...

an oligoarticular asymmetrical arthritis often affecting the joints of the lower extremities; a polyarticular rheumatoid arthritis-like pattern; predominant spondylitis; and arthritis mutilans, a very ...

Sacroiliac joint dysfunction typically occurs when the sacroiliac joint becomes inflamed or damaged. To understand how an inflamed sacroiliac joint may cause lower back pain, it’s also important to ...