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Ankylosing Spondylitis : Complications

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Complications could include:
Damage of bone and cartilage can lead to fusing of joints in the spine or other areas, which can interfere with your ability to move. It can be extremely painful and crippling.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 24, 2008
For most affected individuals, treatment and management is successful at maintaining quality of life. Quality can be significantly impacted, however, for the occasional individual with a severe, progressive course of the disease.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
For most affected individuals, treatment and management is successful at maintaining quality of life. Quality can be significantly impacted, however, for the occasional individual with a severe, progressive course of the disease.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
There is no cure for AS, and the course of the disease is unpredictable. Generally, AS progresses for about 10 years and then its progression levels off.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Pulmonary fibrosis develops when the alveoli, tiny air sacs that transfer oxygen to the blood, become damaged and inflamed. The body tries to heal the damage with scars, but these scars collapse the alveoli and make the lungs less elastic.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Endocarditis is inflammation of the inside lining of the heart chambers and heart valves(endocardium).
Source:ADAM
Date:September 3, 2008
The endocardium is the inner lining of the heart muscle, which also covers the heart valves. When the endocardium becomes damaged, bacteria from the blood stream can become lodged on the heart valves or heart lining.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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