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What symptoms of AS do you experience?

Chronic, long-term back pain is one of the most commonly reported health problems in the United States. Not surprisingly, back pain is also the most reported symptom by people living with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).

Other symptoms may also occur with axSpA, such as uveitis, fatigue, psoriasis, heel, shoulder, foot, and other joint pain.

  1. Enthesitis affects my joints and makes them less secure, and a little muscle weakness. This causes possible sprains, but most often the “sprain” will resolve overnight. This leads to misdiagnosis. Thankfully, I rejected diagnosis and kept looking.

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      Enthesitis can be quite painful.
      I thought I'd share this article that you may find helpful: https://axialspondyloarthritis.net/symptoms/body-pain.
      Doreen (Team Member)

  2. Pain in my back, neck and beginning to see some swelling in my fingers.

    1. Back pain, swollen joints, fingers and toes.

      1. Chronic Back & Hip pain, stiffness, dull ache pain in neck, shoulders, brain fog, fatique, sometimes leg pain, knee pain occurs when going up stairs, foot and ankle pain with pins and needle sensation, sometime my toes have a numbness to them, pain increases when I'm trying to do simple house chores such as hoovering, washing up and standing in same postion to long cause stiffness pain, wrist and shoulder pain worsens if I'm whisking, or mixing, walking my knee seem to give way and legs feel heavy, sometimes i get a sharp stabbing pain in my chest, my right side seems to be affected more, its all very frustrating and miserable, having all these different pains and starting to not be able to see what i can do that won't cause more pain, i would love to know what it feels like to be pain free as many of us would.


        1. I too have many of the same issues as you. Some days I can barely get from the bed to the couch and go to the bathroom when needed. I'm currently in an AS flare and feel miserable and disheartened at my condition. I now experience swelling in my fingers and toes. On top of AS, I have Gout and OA. Really just hoping for a day where I can walk to the mailbox and back.

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          We will be keeping you in our thoughts for some much needed relief.
          ~Doreen (Team Member)

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