The first thing you need to know is what are the symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis? The most obvious symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis are morning stiffness and pain when you get up in the morning. Patients with ankylosing spondylitis usually cannot sleep and have to get up and move around because of the pain in the lumbosacral area. But this painful stiffness disappears after 10 minutes or half an hour of activity, which is the most typical early symptom of ankylosing spondylitis. In the later stages of ankylosing spondylitis, it can cause hunchback or hip stiffness, which is a particularly serious form of ankylosing spondylitis. So how is ankylosing spondylitis treated and in which department is it seen? In the early stages of ankylosing spondylitis, if there is no spinal deformity or hip stiffness, the main treatment is internal medicine. Internal treatment is done in the immunology department or rheumatology department. In late stages, if the spine is deformed and straight, orthopedic surgery is required. If the hip joint is stiff, artificial joint replacement can be done to restore the mobility of the joint; 2. The treatment method has been proven to be effective by evidence-based medicine, and it cannot be confirmed whether the herbal treatment has evidence-based medical basis.