Hi! I'm diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis +/- 8 years ago. My father and grandfather have it and I have the HLBA27. On the mri they saw irregularities that seemed light scarring on the si joints. But I don't have the common pain during the second half of the night or morning stiffness. It is more that my si joints hurt a bit and that my hip hurts a bit from time to time. Some years ago I limped sometimes, that was a period I did have pain in the hip. I am not taking meds to control my AS, because I don't have much pain anymore.
I went to the rheumatologist recently. She measured a CRP of 10 mg/ml. So the AS is not that active. I do feel very tired though. I' not low on iron. Is it realistic to think that my tiredness comes from AS? I am not sure, because the AS is not really prominent present and I don't have a very high CRP.
My other question is: are there more people with AS but who don't have much pain and stiffness (without taking meds)? Sometimes it feels a bit surrealistic to me that I have AS while I feel quite healthy, except for the tiredness then.