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What We Have Learned From Patients

A rheumatologist talks about challenges and lessons learned with ankylosing spondylitis.

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When Treatment Isn’t Going as Planned

An expert shares strategies for treating AS when your first-line treatment doesn’t work.

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When the First Line of Defense Doesn’t Work

What should you try when NSAIDs aren’t enough to calm the inflammation in your back?

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One Day, Hour by Hour, With AS

Stress only aggravates Dana Marton’s pain and fatigue, so she sticks to a schedule and swears by belly dancing.

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Living With AS as a Young Adult

Living with ankylosing spondylitis as a young adult: One woman shares her story.

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