Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory disease that, over time, can cause some of the vertebrae in your spine to fuse. This fusing makes the spine less flexible and can result in a hunched-forward ...

Having older siblings and childhood tonsil removal are linked to a heightened risk of ankylosing spondylitis, a type of chronic inflammatory arthritis, finds a large study published in the open access ...

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Ankylosing spondylitis and scoliosis can both affect the spine. Although they have similarities, they are separate conditions. Ankylosing spondylitis is a form of arthritis that causes joint ...

At first glance, it might seem like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) don’t have much in common. But despite their different areas of focus, these two conditions ...

Mild constitutional symptoms, such as anorexia, malaise, weight loss and low-grade fever, may occur in early stages in some patients, especially with severe disease; these are more common among ...

Bimekizumab demonstrated safety and efficacy at 2 years among patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Bimekizumab is currently FDA approved ...

The authors of the new meta-analysis aimed to provide an update on the association between ankylosing spondylitis and cancer incidence. “While the etiology of ankylosing spondylitis remains elusive, ...