Spondylarthritis
Spondylarthritis: Introduction
Spondylarthritis: Inflammation of one or more spine joints.
More detailed information about the symptoms,
causes, and treatments of Spondylarthritis is available below.
Symptoms of Spondylarthritis
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Treatments for Spondylarthritis
- Treatment of ankylosing spondylitis depends on the severity and duration of the symptoms, and extra-articular manifestations. No drug treatment has been proven to modify the course of the disease, although the newer TNF blockers may have potential to do this. Treatments include:
- Explanation - Education plays an important role in arthritis management
- Rest - during bouts of active inflammation
- Exercise - graduated exercise program recommended to maintain good joint function
- Physiotherapy - can assist with regaining and maintaining joint function
- more treatments...»
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Home Diagnostic Testing
Home medical testing related to Spondylarthritis:
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Spondylarthritis?
Spondylarthritis: Related Patient Stories
Causes of Spondylarthritis
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Spondylarthritis: Undiagnosed Conditions
Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:
Misdiagnosis and Spondylarthritis
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a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
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any tremor symptom, or shakiness, means Parkinson's disease.
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particularly at night, is a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes.
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Rare diseases misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease: A rare genetic
disorder is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease for men in their 50's.
The disease Fragile X disorder can...read more »
Psoriatic arthritis often undiagnosed cause of joint conditions: Patients with the skin condition psoriasis
can also have the related arthritis subtype called "psoriatic arthritis".
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is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see symptoms of multiple sclerosis).
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Spondylarthritis: Research Doctors & Specialists
Research related physicians and medical specialists:
- Bone, Joint and Orthopedic Specialists:
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- Pain Specialists:
- Arthritis & Joint Health Specialists (Rheumatology):
- Senior Health Specialists (Geriatrics):
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Hospitals & Clinics: Spondylarthritis
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Spondylarthritis: Rare Types
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Spondylarthritis: Animations
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Research about Spondylarthritis
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Clinical Trials for Spondylarthritis
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally
and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Spondylarthritis include:
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Clinical Trials for Spondylarthritis
Spondylarthritis: Broader Related Topics
Types of Spondylarthritis
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Definitions of Spondylarthritis:
Arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joints in the spine
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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