Ankylosing spondylitis – a form of arthritis which affects your spine. This causes severe inflammation of the vertebrae leading to chronic pain and disability. In chronic cases, the inflammation can cause new bone to form on the spine which may lead to deformity.
This condition can cause pain and stiffness in other parts of your body.( shoulders, hips, knees).
- Symptoms
- Early morning stiffness
- loss of appetite
- low-grade fever
- weight loss
- fatigue
- anemia
CAUSE
Genetics may play a role, because ankylosing spondylitis tends to run in families. If one of your immediate family members has or had this form of arthritis, you are more likely to develop it.
HLA-B27 may increase a person’s risk for developing ankylosing spondylitis. While not everyone who has the HLA-B27 antigen will develop ankylosing spondylitis.
AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT
Since the major pathology behind this disease is active inflammation this comes under PITTIKA VIKARA in ayurveda ( pitta dosha vitiated disease) associated with raktha dhatu vitiation.
Chronic inflammation due to immune factor will lead to soft tissue damage and eventually bone damage which will affect the mobility of the patient and ayurveda mainly give more importance to get back mobility of the patient and to arrest active inflammation.
This includes medical management , external ayurveda treatments + panchakarma procedures along with physiotherapy .