Ankylosing Spondylitis The Facts

by Khan, Muhammad Asim

• ISBN13: 9780192632821
• ISBN10: 0192632825
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Ankylosing spondilitis is a chronic form of arthritis known to affect around 1 in 200 people (over 1 million sufferers in the USA alone). No cure has yet been found for the disease, however, early diagnosis and proper medical management can be important in reducing the risk of disability anddeformity. Ankylosing spondilitis: the facts is the first mass market book to be published on this important disease. It provides clear and accessible information on treatment, diagnosis, genetic counselling, and daily life with this illness. Professor Khan is one of the leading experts in the world on AS,while also suffering from it. This combination of scientific knowledge and personal experience of a debilitating disorder results in a unique book which will prove invaluable for sufferers wishing to know more about their condition, and those that share their lives.

Author Biography

Muhammad Asim Khan MD FACP FRCP: Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

Table of Contents

Facts and myths about ankylosing spondylitis	1	(4)
What is ankylosing spondylitis?	5	(8)
Early symptoms	13	(6)
The course of the disease	19	(4)
Exercise and physical therapy	23	(14)
Drug therapy	37	(14)
Nontraditional (complementary, or alternative) therapy	51	(10)
Surgical treatment	61	(4)
Some later manifestations	65	(6)
A typical case history	71	(4)
Living with ankylosing spondylitis: some hints	75	(12)
The management of AS: an overview	87	(4)
The rheumatologist's role	91	(4)
Radiology and diagnosis	95	(6)
The disease process	101	(10)
HLA-B27 and the cause of ankylosing spondylitis	111	(14)
Spondyloarthropathies	125	(18)
Appendix 1 Ankylosing spondylitis organizations	143	(8)
Appendix 2 Glossary	151	(22)
References and further reading	173	(10)
Index	183