Ankylosing: Spondylitis of young

Spondylitis is generally considered a disease of old but it's not true.Ankylosing is a type of Spondylitis which affects the young too,infact people in 20's have been found to been suffering from Ankylosing Spondylitis.It is characterised by continuous pain and stiffness in the center of the spine or the entire spine.It takes very long to detect this disease though the symptoms might start showing much earlier. Though it is a spinal problem, it affects the whole body specially the eyes-they turn red,pain.Pain in the buttocks,back thigh is also common.Besides chest pain and general feeling of tiredness is also noticed.It is believed to be having genetic disposition towards HLA-B27 but scientific data backing this claim is still being collected.Diagnosis is done by MRI or an X-ray.Most important part in diagnosis is reading the symptoms.Medication is mixture of pain killers,physiotherapy and if nothing works then surgery.Would like to add a word here that since this affects the young ,those who are positive and mentally strong,they have much better chance of overcoming this problem.Stay happy;stay healthy