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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.
Hi all,
I have to have a 24 hr heart monitor fitted to see what is going on with my heart. I have had AS for around 20 years now and these symptoms started about 2 months ago.
Has anyone else experienced this and was it linked to your AS?
Thanks xx
My heart does the same thing. I have had a complete heart work up including a heart cath to check for blockages. I got the all clear from my cardiologist. I do suffer from anxiety and my… read more
Janet, spondylolisthesis is when the vertebrae has slipped forward. Mine is caused from the spondylolysis caused by degenerative disk disease. In my opinion, whatever condition you are diagnosed with… read more
I have to go every 3 months for check up and bloodwork.
I have occasional severe chest pain across the middle of my chest. a couple years ago I talked to my primary care physician about it and he had no clue. Chest xray, EKG, etc showed NO CARDIAC PROBLEMS. Next time I see him I'll tell him of chest pain with spondylitis. Good to know! It had scared me.
Thank you all for your replies.
Very hard to sift thru what is normal winter chest stuff and what is AS related.
Back to chest stretches which i will not leave of pt anymore .
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.
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'm new on here and I haven't seen anything about balance problems. Is this just me or does anyone else have these problems. I just can't always walk a straight line. When I walk down the hallway in my house I sometimes almost bounce from wall to the opposite wall
I also get sore ribs. I ended up spending a night in the hospital because I couldn't draw in a full breath because I hurt in the middle of my chest (Sternum?) and around my left side ribs and to my back. I have some compression… read more
I have had balance for longer than I can remember. Like many others I can't walk a straight line (can't draw one either, lol). But I also have a problem with being able to judge distances. I always… read more
Will be switching to Medicare in a few months and in researching my options I'm finding Enbrel will cost me about $5000 more per year than it does on my current health insurance. What have other people done when moving to Medicare?
Amgen works with a program called Saftynet Fondation , if you qualify you pay 0$ for your Embrel… Contact them
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.