Recently, female singer Li Yuchun revealed that she suffered from "undead cancer" - ankylosing spondylitis. "It hurts so much that I can't walk and can't sleep."
In fact, in the entertainment industry, there are many celebrities suffering from this disease, such as Jay Chou , Ada Choi and Zhang Jiayi , etc. They are all suffering from pain.
Ankylosing spondylitis is called "undead cancer". Because the early clinical symptoms of the disease are not very obvious, it is easy to be ignored. In the later stages of development, although it will not be paralyzed, it will also cause people torture. Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Deputy Director and Deputy Chief Physician of the Third Department of Rheumatic Osteopathy, said, "We must pay attention to the symptoms that appear in the early stages of the body and achieve early diagnosis and treatment."
Su Xiaojun, Deputy Director and Deputy Chief Physician of the Third Department of Rheumatic Osteopathy, Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Benliu News: What are the clinical symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis?
Su Xiaojun: Ankylosing spondylitis is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation and abnormal ossification. In China, the prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis is about 0.3%-0.4%, and about 5 million patients are suffering from this disease.
Ankylosing spondylitis is a systemic and autoimmune disease. The lesions mainly invade the sacroiliac joints and gradually affect the entire spine. Some patients can invade the peripheral joints. The disease occurs in the early stage of the disease, which is obvious in the morning. Some patients wake up from pain due to turning over at night. After getting up or taking pain medications, they can relieve it. As the disease progresses, the spine and limb joints are limited and deformed. In the late stage of the disease, the entire spinal ridge is formed, and it flexes forward and becomes a stiff arch, losing social labor, and has a huge impact on the patient's physical, mental and social aspects.
Benliu News: What symptoms do the body need to be taken seriously?
Su Xiaojun: Ankylosing spondylitis is common in young and middle-aged men aged 15-35, with a male-female ratio of about 10:1, with a family history, and more than 90% of patients are HLA-B27 positive.
Ankylosing spondylitis is generally more concealed onset and there are no clinical symptoms in the early stage. Some patients show mild systemic symptoms at the beginning of the disease, such as fatigue, weakness, long-term or interrupted low fever, poor appetite, long-term chronic diarrhea, heel pain, lumbar sacral pain, soft and weak waist and knee aches, etc. If you have the above symptoms or have a history of ankylosing spondylitis in your family, you should go to the rheumatology department for consultation as soon as possible.
Benliu News: What are the differences between ankylosing spondylitis and lumbar disc herniation ?
Su Xiaojun: The causes are different. The causes of lumbar disc herniation are excessive weight bearing in the waist and degenerative changes in the lumbar disc; while the causes of ankylosing spondylitis are mainly related to factors such as genetics, infections, autoimmune dysfunction, and metabolic dysfunction.
clinical manifestations are different. The main clinical manifestations of lumbar disc herniation are lumbar pain, limited movement, and symptoms such as numbness of the lower limbs; while ankylosing spondylitis is mainly manifested as resting pain . The stiffness and pain worsen at night or after rest, and it is relieved after activity. Most patients will progressively aggravate without regular treatment, and clinical symptoms such as spinal ankinetic, difficulty walking, and hunchback deformity appear in the late stage of the disease.
Benliu News: Can patients with ankylosing spondylitis live normally?
Su Xiaojun: Ankylosing spondylitis has a long course, repeated attacks, lingering and difficult to cure, and a high disability rate. It is a clinically refractory disease. This disease is similar to the category of urinary disease in traditional Chinese medicine, and is similar to the description of diseases such as leech, steatum, leech, leech, bone leech, and thoracic quencher in ancient books. It often affects young and middle-aged people, and patients are often in an important stage of study and work. If they are not properly treated, they will cause a decline in learning and work ability, and even disability, which will have a great impact on patients.
Some patients have a relatively static state for a long time, and do not progress or deteriorate, and can work and live normally. Some patients' condition continues to progress repeatedly, and obvious spinal ankle and hunchback deformation can occur within 1-2 years. Some patients with severe hip joint , , and may cause long-term bed rest.
Benliu News: Can ankylosing spondylitis be cured?
Su Xiaojun: Ankylosing spondylitis cannot be completely cured. A few patients will experience severe spinal and joint deformities, but generally do not affect life span. With the rapid development of biomedical technology, as long as patients are detected early, diagnosed and treated early, and grasp the "golden treatment period" for comprehensive treatment, ankylosing spondylitis can also be effectively controlled or delayed the development of the disease and improved the quality of life. If you are suspected of having ankylosing spondylitis, it is recommended to go to the rheumatism and immunology department, spinal surgery or orthopedic department in time and provide standardized treatment as soon as possible.
Benliu News: How to prevent the occurrence of ankylosing spondylitis?
Su Xiaojun: 1. Pay attention to preventing traumatic infection. Bacterial infections caused by viral infections or trauma may affect the patient's health. If diarrhea, respiratory tract, and skin mucosa infections occur, actively prevent and treat them.
2. Perform appropriate physical exercise. Appropriate outdoor exercise can effectively improve body immunity. Regular exercise can help maintain flexibility in the spine and cervical spine, and at the same time increase lung capacity and , which has a certain relief and preventive effect on neck, shoulder and waist diseases.
3. Pay attention to keeping your body warm. Pay attention to daily care in life and keep your back warm. If you sweat frequently, you must wipe and care in time to avoid opening pores and causing evil wind to invade and prevent the induce ankylosing spondylitis.
4. Maintain a good attitude. The occurrence of diseases is closely related to the mental state. If you have a long period of depression or excessive mental tension, it may cause yin and yang disorders, resulting in loss of qi and blood, and the body is easily attacked by external evil and becomes sick.
5. Maintain regular and healthy living habits. First of all, you should eat regularly, pay attention to hygiene, do not overeat, eat less spicy and irritating, etc. Daily diet should be rich in protein and vitamins, such as beef, mutton, chicken, apple, cherry, etc. Secondly, ensure adequate sleep, avoid staying up late, quit smoking, avoid alcohol, etc.
text·picture丨Benliu News reporter Ouyang Haijie
