Symptoms & patterns that may lead to evaluation
You do not need to have every symptom below — and having one does not mean you have a particular disease. These are the patterns that commonly lead to a rheumatology consultation:
- Long-standing lower-back or deep hip pain.
- Morning stiffness in the back, hips or pelvis.
- Pain or stiffness that improves with movement and feels worse after rest.
- Night or early-morning pain that interrupts sleep.
- Alternating pain from one side of the hips to the other.
- Reduced spinal flexibility or difficulty bending and turning.
- Back symptoms occurring with heel pain, eye inflammation, psoriasis or bowel inflammation.
Conditions that may be evaluated
Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA)
A group of inflammatory conditions affecting the spine and sacroiliac joints, causing chronic back pain and stiffness that improve with activity.
Ankylosing Spondylitis / Radiographic axSpA
The established form of axial spondyloarthritis in which inflammation has produced visible changes on X-ray, potentially reducing spinal flexibility over time.
Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis
An earlier or milder form of axial spondyloarthritis where X-rays remain normal but inflammation is detectable on MRI, causing the same symptoms.
How Dr. Baweja approaches diagnosis & treatment
Dr. Ashish Baweja combines a detailed clinical assessment with targeted investigations — blood tests and inflammatory markers, imaging, and where relevant procedures such as joint aspiration, nail fold capillaroscopy or biopsy — to reach an accurate diagnosis. Treatment plans follow current international (EULAR/ACR) guidelines and are personalised to your condition, lifestyle and goals, with an emphasis on achieving long-term remission and protecting quality of life.
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