Coping With Pain...Living with chronic pain can have a major impact on your daily life, affecting everything from your ability to go about everyday activities to your emotional well-being. This can be...
COVID-19: Tips To Reduce Your Risk...With all of the news circulating about the novel (new) coronavirus, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed or anxious. This is especially true if you are immune-compromised due to...reactionscomments
COVID-19 Basics for the Immune-Compromised...For those living with chronic health conditions, current news about the coronavirus (COVID-19) can be anxiety-inducing. We have questions and concerns about how the virus is transmitted, how it can...reactionscomments
FDA Makes Way for Experimental Drugs to Fight COVID-19...On March 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the testing of two drugs, chloroquine (hydroxychloroquine) and remdesivir, to treat people with COVID-19. The drugs have been given...reactionscomments
Developing Your Fatigue Response Plan...Have you ever had uninvited guests gate crash your holiday gathering? I like to think of myself as warm and welcoming, but people barging in on my carefully planned dinner...reactionscomments
Vision Problems (Uveitis) and Axial Spondyloarthritis...Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is an inflammatory form of arthritis. The chronic inflammation that comes with axSpA causes swelling and pain, mainly in the spine but also in other places in...
Biologic and Biosimilar Drugs...Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a long-term condition with no cure. But treatments such as getting regular exercise and taking medicines can help you manage it. Biologic and biosimilar drugs are...
Sex and Intimacy...Chronic pain and stiffness can make it difficult to maintain intimate relationships. If you have axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), you may find that your symptoms make it hard to be physically...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Axial Spondyloarthritis...There are various conditions or diseases that occur at the same time as conditions on the AxSpA spectrum. These are called comorbid conditions. Some of these are more common than...
Avoiding Cabin Fever During The Coronavirus...The last week has really turned in Philly: schools are closing, offices are encouraging workers to work from home, and the first case of coronavirus was confirmed. In the midst...reactionscomments
Peripheral Spondyloarthritis...Spondyloarthritis is a type of arthritis that affects the joints and the areas where ligaments or tendons attach to bone. There are 2 main types of spondyloarthritis: axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA)...
The Coronavirus Just Hit NYC, And I'm Feeling Frightened...I just got off the phone with a reporter from TheLos Angeles Times. They were asking people in the disability and chronic illness communities if people were having a hard...reactions1comment
What Are Axial Spondyloarthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis?...Spondyloarthritis is a type of arthritis that affects the joints and the areas where ligaments or tendons attach to bone. Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is an umbrella term that refers to...
Who Treats Spondyloarthritis?...Spondyloarthritis is an umbrella term that includes a variety of inflammatory rheumatic diseases that cause arthritis. This includes axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA). The arthritis these diseases cause is different than the...
Glossary of Spondyloarthritis...When you are diagnosed with a medical condition, you may start to see a lot of medical terms and abbreviations. Not knowing the medical terms for a condition can make...
Pregnancy and AxSpA...If you have axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), you may wonder how pregnancy will affect your condition. While there is little research on the subject, some studies show that axSpA can flare...
A Long Time in Pain with No Diagnosis...I'm a 26-year-old female. I work as a Physical Therapist Assistant for an outpatient orthopedic clinic at a physician-owned medical group. My first thought about work with this disease was...reactions11comments
Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis (Ankylosing Spondylitis)...Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a general term used for 2 types of arthritis that affect the spine: radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA) and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA). Radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA)...
My AS Life Before Diagnosis...I know I’m considered to be one of the lucky ones. From the onset of symptoms to diagnosis, it took one full year. Kudos to those of you that dealt...reactions4comments
