Can ankylosing spondylitis in women be cured?

Ankylosing spondylitis is a common orthopedic disease in our lives. If you are not careful, you will encounter this disease. In the face of such a disease, we can only avoid the aggravation of the disease by early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment. So what good treatments do we have for such orthopedic diseases? Today, I will introduce to you the treatments for ankylosing spondylitis, hoping it will be helpful to you.

Exercise and physical therapy

Exercise is very important for people with ankylosing spondylitis. It helps relieve pain, maintain spinal range of motion and improve quality of life. There is no limit to the type of sport. In principle, any sport that can move the joints is acceptable, such as soft gymnastics, swimming, and dancing. . . etc. are all good exercises. A few sports that do not move the spine (such as cycling) and sports that involve severe collisions (such as boxing) should be avoided.

It is also important to maintain a correct posture. You should avoid maintaining a posture for a long time (such as "lying" on the sofa watching TV...); encourage patients to do more stretching exercises and spinal stretching exercises to prevent spinal deformation.

Drug treatment

1. Anti-inflammatory analgesics (NSAID)

The purpose is to relieve pain, enable patients to exercise more, and improve quality of life; it cannot change the course or activity of the disease. The dosage can be adjusted by the patient according to the degree of pain. For symptoms mainly characterized by morning stiffness, a long-acting dose can be administered before bedtime. Possible side effects include: gastrointestinal discomfort, edema, renal dysfunction, etc.

2. The most commonly used immunomodulator is salfasalazine, which has the function of regulating the immune system and can change the disease activity of ankylosing spondylitis. It is generally recommended to use it early. A few people have side effects after using it - mainly skin allergies, gastrointestinal discomfort, and liver dysfunction. . . wait.

3. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine

The special Chinese medicine "Gulikang" for ankylosing spondylitis has both obvious anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects and significant immune regulatory effects. It can quickly reduce or eliminate inflammatory pain and improve symptoms mainly characterized by morning stiffness. Indications include: 1). Patients with disease onset before the age of 40, 2). When disease activity is still high, 3). Patients with peripheral arthritis and extra-articular symptoms, morning stiffness, 4). The disease occurs within 1-10 years at the beginning of the disease. Patients take medication for one course of treatment every 2 months. Depending on the patient's condition, 2-5 courses of treatment can achieve clinical cure. The "Gulikang" formula can effectively regulate the body's immune system, change the disease activity of ankylosing spondylitis, and prevent the development of inflammation; improve calcium-phosphorus metabolism, prevent and treat osteoporosis, and prevent vertebral deformation; inhibit fibroblast proliferation, prevent and treat ligament sclerosis and stiffness, and prevent spinal ankylosing; improve gastrointestinal and liver and kidney functions, and enhance the body's disease resistance.

1. Physical therapy is beneficial for various chronic diseases, and is even more important for AS. It can maintain the physiological curvature of the spine and prevent deformity. Maintain chest mobility and maintain normal respiratory function. Maintain bone density and strength, prevent osteoporosis and limb disuse muscle atrophy, etc. Patients can adopt appropriate exercise methods and amounts according to their personal circumstances. If the new pain persists for more than 2 hours and cannot be recovered, it indicates excessive exercise and the amount of exercise should be appropriately reduced or the exercise method should be adjusted.

2. Surgical treatment: For severe spinal kyphosis and deformity, corrective surgery can be performed after the condition stabilizes. For those with lumbar deformity, spinal osteotomy can be performed to correct the kyphosis. C7T1 osteotomy can correct severe cervical deformity.

3. Physical therapy can generally use heat therapy, such as hot water bath, basin bath or shower, mineral hot spring bath, etc., to increase local blood circulation, relax muscles, relieve pain, facilitate joint movement, maintain normal function and prevent deformity.

4. Drug treatment includes non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, sulfasalazine, methotrexate, corticosteroids, tripterygium wilfordii glycosides, and biological agents.

5. Treatment with Traditional Chinese Medicine: Ankylosing spondylitis is divided into three types of syndromes in traditional Chinese medicine: syndrome of kidney deficiency and Governor Vessel cold, syndrome of liver and kidney deficiency and loss of nourishment to muscles and bones, and syndrome of long-term stagnation of evil in the Governor Vessel turning into heat. Treatment is based on these three symptoms.

I hope that the several methods of treating ankylosing spondylitis introduced by the editor can help you treat the disease. You can adopt appropriate treatment plans according to your own condition. As long as you persist, there will definitely be improvement. Of course, the first reaction when you find something unusual is to go to the hospital for timely treatment.