- Condition Ankylosing Spondylitis AS, radiographic axial spondyloarthritis Ankylosing spondylitis is long-term inflammation of the spine and the sacroiliac joints, with damage visible on X-ray. It causes back pain and stiffness that improve wit…
- Question Can a normal X-ray rule out ankylosing spondylitis? No. Changes in the sacroiliac joints can take years to show on an X-ray. An MRI can show active inflammation much earlier, which is why a normal X-ray does not end the a…
- Question Does a positive HLA-B27 mean I will get ankylosing spondylitis? No. Many people carry the gene variant and never develop ankylosing spondylitis, which is why researchers think environmental factors matter as well. The result raises t…
- Question Is ankylosing spondylitis a disability? It varies widely. Many patients treated early continue in full-time work with little limitation. Advanced disease with significant spinal fusion can limit movement subst…
- Question Is this a milder disease than ankylosing spondylitis? Not in terms of symptoms. Pain, stiffness and fatigue are comparable. The difference is that structural damage has not yet appeared on X-ray, which makes it the better t…
- Condition Axial Spondyloarthritis axSpA …f the spine and sacroiliac joints. It covers both ankylosing spondylitis, where damage is visible on X-ray, and the non-radiographic form, where it is not. What unites…
- Condition Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis nr-axSpA …thritis causes the same inflammatory back pain as ankylosing spondylitis, but the sacroiliac joints still look normal on X-ray. Inflammation is visible on MRI instead…
- Article HLA B27 positive: what the test does and does not tell you Carrying HLA-B27 is common and most carriers never fall ill. What the test measures, when it genuinely helps, and why the back pain pattern matters more.
- Article Inflammatory back pain: when rest makes it worse Back pain that improves when you move and worsens when you lie still behaves the opposite way to a strained muscle or a worn disc. That reversal is the clue.
- Article Morning stiffness: the symptom that changes the diagnosis Stiffness that takes more than half an hour to wear off is the detail that moves a joint problem from the wear-and-tear column to the inflammatory one.
- Article When should you see a rheumatologist? Nine symptom patterns that are worth a specialist opinion — and the reason waiting rarely helps.
- Page Rheumatologist in Gurugram Dr. Ashish Baweja is a rheumatologist and clinical immunologist, Consultant & In-charge of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology at Artemis Hospitals, Sector 51, Gurugram…
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