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Since some weeks, I am suffering from lower back pain which is mainly during day time when I wake up. And also from some days I am feeling pain some near the joint between wait and leg while twisting my right leg. I consulted doctor who asked me to feet xamray and CT scan. The results of ct scan are normal but x-ray looks little questionable. Doctor ask me to get ESR and HLA-B27 test. He says this may be ankylosing spondylitis. What is this actually. And how can it be cured if found? And doctor said this is genetic, but in my family I never heard of such case. So, I am in doubt about this.
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Ankylosing spondylitis will be confirmed by HLA B27 test. This is genetic. And it may be from paternal or maternal.In this case patient have to take proper medicine and physiotherapy treatment.
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Ankylosing spondylitis is a disease of joints and tendons in which body has tendency to form extra bone at multiple sites leading to restriction of movements. There are specific medicines to treat this disease but we can’t cure it permanently so if you have it you gonna live with it for your whole life. Better get investigated and start treatment early because earlier you start treatment better the results are.
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