Ankylosing spondylitis patients usually need long-term treatment.
Ankylosing spondylitis is a rheumatic disease that mainly affects the spine and large joints of the limbs and causes symptoms such as morning stiffness, low back pain, joint swelling and pain, etc. At present, there is no effective and complete cure for ankylosing spondylitis, so the disease requires long-term treatment to improve the prognosis of patients.
Ankylosing spondylitis patients need to adhere to long-term, on-time under the guidance of a physician to take the appropriate medication for treatment and do not recommend stopping the medication without authorization in order to avoid recurrence of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor according to the condition of the timely adjustment of therapeutic drugs.
It is recommended that patients with ankylosing spondylitis go to the rheumatology and immunology department of a regular hospital for consultation, standardized diagnosis and treatment under the guidance of a doctor, and regular follow-up.