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
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Thank you. I hope you are able to find relief from the pain. I had to give up my job, needed to start physical therapy to help my back.
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
@A MySpondylitisTeam Member. I just had it done for my neck a little over a week ago. I believe you and i already communicated about this? Feel free to ask any specific questions you may have. Did you⦠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.
Is there a viable option other than opioid therapy for those of us living with advanced ankylosing spondylitis? If there is I have not found it.
Derrick4 "Is there a viable option other than opioid therapy": OTC products, anti inflammatories (not great on the stomach), biologicals (TNF, IL-17 and JAK inhibitors (all have risks and downsides)β¦ read more
I hope this isn't a stupid question. My MRI shows my entire neck has Spondylosis. I'm fixing to undergo my 2nd cervical fusion and it will be a double fusion.Is there a difference in Spondylosis & AK Spondylosis?
Hi Neilt52
Probably we all hurt like that. I think it as to do with the change in the barometric pressure. Winter hurts too. I finally got rid of Aunty Flow and Uncle Arthur moved in. Ugh!!!β¦ read more