How harmful is ankylosing spondylitis? The main harm of ankylosing spondylitis is the impact on the spinal joints, and patients in advanced stages can have "bamboo-like" changes in the spine, which seriously affects the mobility of the vertebral body, and in severe cases, hunchback deformity can occur. In addition to the damage to the joints, patients can also have a variety of extra-articular lesions, such as eye lesions, patients will develop conjunctivitis, iritis, or uveitis, and in severe cases, blindness. For the impact on the heart, aortic valve lesions are more common, and patients can have aortic regurgitation, and in severe cases, A-S syndrome can occur due to complete atrioventricular block. Ankylosing spondylitis will have some clinical symptoms, which will cause pain in the patient's sacroiliac joints, low back pain in the spine, pain and swelling in the peripheral joints and unilateral large joints, pain in the heel, and visual impairment outside the joints, occasionally heart involvement, lung involvement, kidney involvement and nervous system involvement, and the existence of these clinical symptoms affects the patient's normal life, work and quality of life. The main purpose of ankylosing spondylitis** is to control the patient's inflammatory response, reduce or relieve symptoms, maintain normal posture and comparative functional position of the spinal joints, and prevent deformity. The key lies in early diagnosis and early diagnosis, and the measures include not only drugs, but also physiotherapy, patient health education and other methods. At present, commonly used drugs include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as meloxicam and celecoxib, which can reduce inflammation and relieve pain and relieve joint swelling and pain in patients. At the same time, it is necessary to use drugs to improve the condition as soon as possible, such as sulfasalazine, etc., which have certain adverse reactions and should be used under the supervision and guidance of doctors. Patients can also choose biologics**, which can better control the inflammatory response and alleviate the disease by targeting**.
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