Ankylosing Spondylitis is a refractory disease. The aim of treatment is to
relieve pains, shorten the treatment term, prevent joint deformity and decrease
risks of disability.
Taking foods with rich protein and vitamin is helpful for treating the
disease. The patients should have rests properly, avoid wind & cold and
long-term work of bending the waist. Maintaining good physichological gesture is
beneficial. It is suggested that people should do more functional exercise and
do regular spine and joint exercise.
Medication treatment is the key in pain management. If your doctor diagnoses
the disease, she will likely prescribe you a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
(NSAID) painkiller. Commonly prescribed NSAIDs include indomethacin (Indocin)
and naproxen (Aleve and Naprosin). Possible side effects from NSAID use include
gastrointestinal bleeding and less common liver and kidney problems.
Traditional Chinese medicine treatment has good effects in treating
Ankylosing Spondylitis(AS). TCM has good methods in coping with the pains. Some
methods like acupuncture, massage and drug-iontophoresis, are used on external
acupints to help repair the damaged and deformed joints, relieve pains and
improve joint functions. Doctors of Chinese medicine also emphasize that
physical therapy is important to assist and enhance the treatment. They use some
gentle helpful series of exercise methods to help the patients adjust to the
external environment, to move and do daily activities without causing pains, and
to recover little by little with the treatments. TCM is not a single treatment,
but a treatment system that emphasizes treating patients based on syndrome
differentiation, use different combination of treatment approaches to treat
diseases. What’s valued is not like the advanced devices in western medicine
treatment, but the idea and way of treatment explored through clinical trials of
thousands of years. If the patients look for TCM treatment hospital for
Ankylosing Spondylitis, they should look for a well-known specialized hospital
with rich experience and good fame. You should not miss Houliping TCM Hospital
in Beijing, CHINA.
To learn more about TCM treatment for pain management in Ankylosing
Spondylitis(AS), you may email me to cindyhe628@gmail.com.
