Can ankylosing spondylitis be cured?

Patients with ankylosing spondylitis need to pay attention to many issues in daily life. As a systemic disease, it will affect the entire spine and may even cause disability in severe cases. Therefore, it is necessary to detect it as early as possible and take treatment measures as early as possible.

1. Ankylosing spondylitis is a relatively common disease and a systemic disease that accumulates throughout the spine and affects the hip joint. The course of the disease is long and can easily cause disability. Therefore, ankylosing spondylitis should be treated early, the progression of the disease should be actively controlled, and spinal deformities should be prevented and avoided. Ankylosing spondylitis can be treated before it becomes deformed. If it becomes deformed, it can only be controlled to prevent it from developing. For patients in the early and middle stages, it is recommended to use systematic conditioning methods of traditional Chinese medicine to treat ankylosing spondylitis from the cause. The treatment uses pure Chinese medicine to chase wind and relax muscles, which has no side effects, is economical, effective and has a short course of treatment. Don't use western medicine, the side effects are too great.

2. For patients in the middle and late stages, joint function is limited. Therefore, once the patient's joints fuse, the purpose of functional recovery cannot be achieved after treatment.

3. Patients should understand that ankylosing spondylitis itself is a global disease that is difficult to treat, and patients need to persist in treatment for a long time to control the progression of the disease.

4. The medication treatment for ankylosing spondylitis is mainly conservative treatment, Chinese medicine treatment, Western medicine treatment, and biological agent treatment. Patients can learn about it. Every treatment has its pros and cons. For example, Chinese medicine has an overall regulating function on the body, has few side effects, and does little harm to the body, but its effects are relatively slow, and patients must persist in taking the medicine.

5. Western medicine has greater side effects. Compared with the cost of treatment, it has an advantage in price, but it only treats the symptoms and not the root cause.

6. Biological agents are new therapeutic drugs with great side effects, but they have better control over acute attacks of ankylosing spondylitis. However, long-term use is not recommended. Moreover, biological agents are expensive and long-term use is a heavy burden.