Before we treat ankylosing spondylitis, we must first understand what ankylosing spondylitis is? Ankylosing spondylitis is referred to as "ankylosing spondylitis".
The so-called ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic progressive, independent, systemic immune disease. It mainly affects the sacroiliac joints, hip joints, intervertebral joints and costovertebral joints. In the early stage, it can mainly manifest as pain in the back, buttocks, and hips. Eventually, the disease leads to spinal ankylosis and disability, which is called ankylosing spondylitis.
Ankylosing spondylitis is known as "turtle wind", "bamboo wind", "crotch disease" and "bone paralysis" in traditional Chinese medicine.
The cause of ankylosing spondylitis is deficiency of yang in the body, deficiency of yin essence in the liver and kidneys, and loss of prosperity of the governor meridian. It also happens that the three evils of wind, cold, and dampness take advantage of the deficiency and cause each other to cause disease.
The main manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis:
This disease is more common in adolescent males, and the onset is often insidious. It can manifest as distal joint pain in the early stage, and gradually develops into buttocks and hips. , the lower back presents intermittent dull pain, stiffness or sciatica. After the course of the disease lasts for several months or years, persistent pain or even severe pain may suddenly appear. Patients often experience morning stiffness, and symptoms may worsen in cold and humid weather, exertion, and colds.
Some patients may have symptoms such as unexplained iritis, general fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, and low-grade fever.
Ankylosing spondylitis is most severely affected by the spinal joints, but it can also affect any joints in the body, forming arthritis.
1. Sacroiliitis: It is the first symptom of involvement in most patients. The main symptoms are: leg pain, pain at the root of the thigh that radiates to one or both buttocks, and occasionally radiates to the thigh.
2·Lumbar spondyloarthritis: It usually manifests as pain and discomfort in the patient's back and movement dysfunction. During physical examination, there may be direct pain at the lumbar apophyseal joints, obvious spasm of paraspinal muscles, and straightening or bending of the lumbar spine. , failure to straighten may be complicated by lumbar spondylosis.
3. Chest arthritis: It often manifests as upper back pain, thoracic nerve pain, limited chest expansion movement, and obvious pain when inhaling.
4·Cervical spondylosis: Most symptoms include stiffness of the patient's neck, inability to lower his head to look at objects, limited field of vision, and turning around when looking at people, etc., which may be complicated by cervical spondylosis.
5. Peripheral arthritis: It often manifests as frozen shoulder, hip arthritis, etc. Patients may appear in a "duck-walking" state, which may be complicated by femoral head necrosis.
The above are the common clinical manifestations and signs of ankylosing spondylitis. The most powerful diagnostic auxiliary tests are X-rays of the sacroiliac joints and two tests for HLA-B27.
The following focuses on the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis.
Western medicine currently has no effective treatment to prevent the progression of this disease. The best drug is immune preparations, but the side effects are considerable, especially the damage to the liver and kidneys. Before the disease is properly treated, , adding new symptoms to the patient, which is undoubtedly adding insult to injury for the patient.
According to my many years of clinical experience, traditional Chinese medicine is currently effective in treating ankylosing spondylitis. It can control the condition in a timely manner, relieve pain, reduce disability, and restore joint function. For the traditional Chinese medicine treatment of ankylosing spondylitis, timely, active and appropriate early treatment and obtaining close cooperation from the patient are crucial to the stability, prevention, development and deformity of the disease in the future.
Ankylosing spondylitis is divided into three syndromes in traditional Chinese medicine: 1. Kidney deficiency and Du-cold syndrome 2. Liver and kidney deficiency and loss of strength of muscles and bones 3. Du-meridian evil obstruction and prolonged depression turning into heat
Based on the three different syndromes, different symptoms and different manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis, I use Fu's traditional Chinese medicine exchange transfusion therapy to treat different patients dialectically. After one to two courses of treatment, the ankylosing spondylitis is The symptoms of patients with inflammatory disease are controlled, the pain is relieved, and the condition is significantly improved; after four or five courses of treatment, the patient can achieve clinical cure