What should children with ankylosing spondylitis pay attention to?

Ankylosing spondylitis is a spinal disease. Ankylosing spondylitis occurs in children during adolescence, which is the stage of growth and development for children. Ankylosing spondylitis can cause great harm to children, impair their growth and leave a shadow on them. There are differences between ankylosing spondylitis in children and ankylosing spondylitis in adults, so everyone should learn more about it and not make blind judgments. Let’s learn more about ankylosing spondylitis in children.

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic progressive inflammatory disease that primarily affects the spine and the sacroiliac joints and surrounding joints. This disease is also known as Marie-strümpell disease, Von Bechterew disease, rheumatoid spondylitis, rheumatoid central type, etc., and is now called AS.

Because this disease can also invade peripheral joints and is similar to RA in clinical, radiological and pathological manifestations, it has long been regarded as a variant of rheumatoid arthritis, called rheumatoid spondylitis. Given that AS patients do not have IgM rheumatoid factor (seronegative) and that its clinical and pathological manifestations are significantly different from RA, the American Rheumatology Association (ARA) finally decided to separate the two diseases in 1963, replacing "rheumatoid spondylitis" with "ankylosing spondylitis."

1) You can eat some food that can resist rheumatism and dispel cold evil, such as garlic, chili, fennel, pepper, onion, etc. Studies have shown that garlic has bactericidal and antiviral effects, and proper use can prevent viral infection. You can take ginger soup in winter to warm the stomach and drive away the cold.

2) Fruit foods: Some fruit foods have good health care effects, such as chestnuts. Chestnuts can nourish the kidneys, strengthen the tendons and bones. They have good effects on rheumatism, strengthening the tendons and bones, and relaxing the meridians. Eating more fruit foods has a good effect on the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis. In addition, applying mashed chestnuts to the affected area can also reduce swelling and relieve pain.

3) Eating more bean foods, such as soybeans, soy beans, black beans, etc., can play a good auxiliary role in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis. Bean foods are rich in trace elements and protein, which can promote the metabolism of muscles, joints, and bones. It has a good effect on the repair of bone injuries and has a good effect on rheumatic types with heavy body, adverse joints, and swollen and painful joints. Black beans soaked in rice wine can also treat joint pain.

Sometimes children will show some symptoms before ankylosing spondylitis develops. At this time, parents need to pay more attention, because the symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis are very similar to those of common rheumatoid arthritis. Parents must have correct judgment and not delay their children's treatment. Parents should pay more attention to their children's growth and development to prevent diseases.