Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly affects the sacroiliac joints, spinal prominences, paraspinal soft tissues and peripheral joints, and may be accompanied by extra-articular manifestations. The main clinical manifestations are back, back, neck, hip, hip pain and joint swelling and pain, serious spinal deformity and joint ankylosis can occur. 1.Keep a comfortable mood, treat the disease correctly and cooperate with the treatment. 2, maintain good posture in daily life, keep all parts of the body in a functional position, such as walking, sitting and
When sleeping, do not use pillows or thin pillows, sleep on a hard wooden bed, take a supine or prone position, and lie prone for half an hour each morning and evening. 3, pay attention to warmth, avoid cold and humidity, into the high protein, rich in calcium and iron and easy to digest food, diet should be diversified, maintain a balanced and rich in nutrition. Avoid eating cold and unclean food to avoid aggravating the disease with intestinal infection. 4, more activities, functional exercise, such as swimming, gymnastics, etc., but avoid excessive weight bearing, long-term bending and strenuous exercise. 5, exercise should be consistent, gradual, purposeful exercise of the joints of the spine to slow down the progress of the disease, reduce deformity, to avoid the formation of “armor chest”. Specific exercises can be done as follows: deep breathing and chest expansion exercises, cervical exercises, lumbar exercises, limb exercises, cat back exercises, etc. Swimming is the most suitable whole body exercise for AS. You can take the appropriate exercise style and amount of exercise according to your personal condition. You may experience muscle and joint pain or discomfort when you start exercising, but you can recover after a period of rest. If you are physically fit and like to exercise, you can also control the intensity of exercise by referring to the formula of (exercise appropriate heart rate 170 – age), or you can control it by yourself depending on your condition. It should be moderate to not cause fatigue, not cause new pain and obvious soreness of joints and muscles, and not affect daily life. 6, master the principles of treatment: long-term treatment, standardized treatment, stage adjustment, regular review. When the disease is active, you should follow up once a month to adjust the treatment plan and monitor the drug response. After the disease is stabilized, the blood and urine routine as well as liver and kidney function should be reviewed regularly at least once every 3-6 months.