On October 12, Li Yuchun revealed in the variety show that he suffered from ankylosing spondylitis, which surprised everyone a little. However, she is not the first star in the entertainment industry to be exposed to this disease. Jay Chou , Zhang Jiayi and Ada Choi are all patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
Ankylosing spondylitis
Ankylosing spondylitis is mainly reflected in the presence of chronic inflammation in the central axis joint, which can involve the internal organs and other tissues of the body. It is a chronic and progressive rheumatoid disease. This disease mainly invades the sacroiliac joint and spine, which causes ankylosing and fibrosis . The patient will suffer severe pain and normal walking will be affected. In severe cases, spinal deformity occurs , and even the entire spine cannot bend normally, just like an bamboo .
As a serious autoimmune disease , ankylosing spondylitis is often found in young and middle-aged men because it cannot be cured. If you do not seek medical treatment in time, it will have a great impact on your life and work, and it is even called "undead cancer".
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Why you suffer from ankylosing spondylitis
There is no clear cause of ankylosing spondylitis, but it is related to genetic factors. People carrying the human leukocyte B27 (HLA-B27) gene have a significantly higher risk of disease, but positive HLA-B27 does not mean that the disease will definitely occur. Among the patients, 70.4% of the patients account for 70.4% and 29.6% of the women, usually in young and middle-aged people (less than 40 years old).
Ankylosing spondylitis is the result of disorders in the patient's immune function. Simply put, under normal circumstances, our immune system will produce antibodies after pathogenic microorganisms (antigens) enter the human body. The antibodies bind to antigen to form an immune complex. After that macrophage engulfs the immune complex and clears it. If ankylosing spondylitis patients undergo immune disorder, they will treat their normal tissue as "invading pathogenic microorganism ", thereby causing normal tissue to be accidentally damaged.
Beware of the following symptoms when
Most patients with ankylosing spondylitis develop sacroiliac arthritis first, such as lumbosacral pain or buttock pain and morning stiffness. The time is mostly in the early morning or at night, and the pain is generally difficult to locate, accompanied by a sense of stiffness, and rest often cannot be relieved, and the symptoms are relieved after activity.
"I only have a sore waist and back pain at night, and I have nothing to do during the day. Others look good, but there is no problem, making me moan without any illness, so I have always been embarrassed to say it." This is a self-reported account by Xiaofang to the doctor after he was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis.
low back pain for young people , especially when resting, you must be vigilant. Low back pain caused by ankylosing spondylitis is different from low back pain caused by mechanical factors. Ordinary low back pain can be cured by rest, but inflammatory low back pain is the opposite. The more you rest, the more you feel uncomfortable, and the activity can be relieved. This is why so many patients with ankylosing spondylitis can't lie down at night. They have to get up and walk around and lie down comfortably and sleep for a sleep seems to be a "luxury".
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Ankylo Spondylitis Treatment
Although ankylosing spondylitis is called "undead cancer", with the advancement of medical technology, ankylosing spondylitis is not sentenced to death by . Although it cannot be cured, as long as timely and professional treatment is done, the condition can be well controlled. There will be no obvious hunchback and joint deformities, and you can live and work normally.
Non-drug treatment
Pay attention to maintaining a good posture in work and life, try to straighten your chest and abdomen when standing, look straight ahead, and keep your chest upright when sitting, which is conducive to maintaining the normal curvature of the spine. It is very important to insist on physical exercise. Swimming and other water sports is better than land sports, which can effectively improve the pain symptoms of patients with ankylosing spondylitis and improve their quality of life. Traditional exercises such as Wuqin Xi, Baduan Jin , Tai Chi can also increase the spine's forward and lateral flexion ability, helping to improve the flexibility of the spine.
drug treatment
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the first choice for early or late ankylosing spondylitis patients, and can quickly improve the patient's symptoms; methotrexate can reduce peripheral arthritis, low back pain, stiffness and irisitis, and reduce the levels of hysterospermia and serum C-reactive protein ; currently there are a variety of biological agents including TNF-α, IL-6, IL-17a antagonist and JAK inhibitors for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis. The patients' peripheral arthritis, tendon enditis and spinal symptoms, as well as serum C-reactive protein can be significantly improved.
surgical treatment
When the patient is functionally limited or joint deformities significantly affect the quality of life and drug treatment cannot effectively relieve it, cervical and thoracic orthopedics, thoracic and lumbar segment or hip replacement surgery can be considered.
Mentality is very important
Because ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic disease, the treatment course is very long and the condition is repeated, and the patient's mental state is particularly important. Keep an optimistic attitude, work actively, have a broad mind and have a happy life.
