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Ankylosing Spondylitis Learning Center
Complications could include:
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Aortitis
- Endocardial Disease
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Rarely, people may have problems with the aortic heart valve (aortic insufficiency) and heart rhythm problems.
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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. Vision can be aff...
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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. Vision can be aff...
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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. Most patients can lead normal lives with treatment to control symptoms.
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Pulmonary fibrosis is scarring in the lungs.
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Endocarditis is inflammation of the inside lining of the heart chambers and heart valves (endocardium. See also: Culture-negative endocarditis; Infective endocarditis.
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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. The resulting infection is kno...
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