Treatment of ankylosing spondylitis is done with medicines to control pain, inflammation and disease progression, in addition to physiotherapy and Exercises to improve the posture and mobility of affected joints. In some cases, the surgery may be required.
Ankylosing spondylitis has no cure. However, if treatment starts early in the disease, it can be kept under control.
Ankylosing spondylitis is used to treat ankylosing spondylitis. analgesics to relieve pain, muscle relaxants and medicines capable of altering the evolution of the disease, such as non-hormonal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Medication is usually only needed in the acute phase of spondylitis. After this period, the treatment mainly consists of physiotherapy and exercises. However, some patients may require continuous drug treatment at reduced doses.
When conventional treatment does not yield results, the biological therapy, which consists of the injection of drugs that act against the pain, the inflammation and the immunological alterations verified in the patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
THE surgery is more commonly used when spondylitis affects the hip, with rare cases of ankylosing spondylitis in the colum where surgical treatment is indicated.
Although ankylosing spondylitis becomes less active over time, treatment should be continued until the end of life. The main goal is to alleviate the symptoms, contain the disease progression and maintain or improve mobility of the joints.
The treatment of ankylosing spondylitis is the responsibility of the rheumatologist and orthopedic physicians.
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