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Ankylosing spondilitis
I am suffering from this disease from last 2 yr. HLA-B, MRI, X-ray confirmed the diagnosis. Sacrailitis & fusion of L5-S1 is seen.
Now I am suffering from back pain periodically. It increases during physical inactivity & during sleeps.
Doctor prescribed NSAIDs, those showed some adverse effects & the back pain reappeared after discontinuation of drugs.
What shoud I do?
Please help.
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Need constant and regular stretching and strengthening excercise
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Continuous mobilisation of small joints.
You might need medications apart from NSAIDs to stop progression of AS like immunomodulators.
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