Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that affects the spine. If you’ve recently received a diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis, you’ll likely have a lot of questions for your doctor. These ...

Heel pain and tenderness is a common symptom in people with ankylosing spondylitis. This is because inflammation can affect tendons and ligaments in the heel area. Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of ...

Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that primarily affects your spine and hips. It can be difficult to diagnose because there’s no single test that can provide enough information for a ...

Ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune condition, has traditionally been a challenge to diagnose. That’s because it typically starts with back pain, says Carlos Lozada, MD, a ...

Ankylosing spondylitis isn’t well known or well understood. Here, we reveal the facts behind some common misconceptions about this chronic inflammatory form of arthritis. One of the best ways to ...

Panels A through G show images for a 26-year-old man with a 2-year history of inflammatory back pain that was unresponsive to nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. A posteroanterior pelvic radiograph ...

Lower back pain is common and many of those who have suffered it can identify, or at least guess, the event that led to their back injury. Perhaps it was weekend sport or a garden project. Often a ...

There are few effective treatments for ankylosing spondylitis, which causes substantial morbidity. Because of the central role of tumor necrosis factor α in the spondyloarthritides, we performed a ...

Ivarmacitinib, a highly selective Janus kinase 1 (JAK1) inhibitor, tamed ankylosing spondylitis with sustained efficacy through 24 weeks in a phase 2/3 trial. A phase 2/3 trial in China evaluated the ...