Is there a difference between Spondylitis Pain and Lumbar Spondylosis???
The hand pain! I have AS. I have intermittent debilitating flare-ups, and days that are tolerable. Recently my hands and shoulders have had so much pain. My neck has hurt nonstop for a few years. It… read more
I have to go every 3 months for check up and bloodwork.
The second one comes from age disease, the first one comes from systemic and genetic disease. I'm not sure but I think you might be lucky to have the one that is age related.
I am a newly diagnosed patient with Spondylosis. My condition is very advanced, considering I'm just 33 years old. I have a plethora of non pain related symptoms all day everyday in Conjunction with my pain and limited mobility. Is this considered an autoimmune disease too?
I know AS is auto-immune as i have had it since I was 20. Spondylosis is not auto-immune.
I started taking vitamin B-1 (thiamine )
100 mg twice a day
Three Days flat I had no sciatica going down my right leg
Then I am an insurance agent , so when I enrolled a friend in medicare (… read more
Prayers for you and your family and I hope you feel better soon. I hope your surgery went well. I have a lot of the same things wrong with me like you do. I take it one day of time.
I find it so hard to find snack foods. I eat a lot of vegetables with meals so I don't want them as snacks also and it seems all snack type foods contain starch. I sometimes have dried fruit, no sugars added, certain nuts, cheese, which dairy is inflammatory but I still have cheese and a small amount of milk. Anyone have any snacking go to ideas? I mostly follow low starch, sugar free, gluten free, low dairy and try to stay away from processed foods also. Thanks
I know, but I find what they use to make things "sugar-free" is usually worse for my health than just having the small bit of sugar in the *real* chocolate chips (I always use the mini chips, and… read more
I'm just wanting to know the difference between Spondylitis and Spondylosis
I just read that the difference is that -itis is autoimmune related, -osis is wear and tear related. Pretty sure I read it on this site.
Thank you, Linda. I need to do some research here. A couple of specialists I’ve seen, and my physical therapist, are very knowledgeable. My primary doesn’t appear to know much about it. I had… read more
What a great question! Yes, there is a difference. 💙
Spondylosis is a general term for age-related wear and tear affecting the spinal disks in your spine (often lumbar and neck). (Mayo)
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