Ankylosing
spondylitis
(AS) is one of the many types of arthritis. "Ankylosing" means joining together
or stiffening; "spondylitis" means inflammation of the vertebral bones of the
spine. Inflammation of the bones in AS can lead to degeneration, pain, and loss
of joint motion. AS typically affects the spine but can been seen in other
areas, especially the hips
As is a type of
arthritis of the spine. It causes swelling between vertebrae,
which are the disks that make up your spine, and in the joints between spine and
pelvis. Ankylosing spondylitis is an autoimmune disease. This means immune
system, which normally protects body from infection, attacks body's own tissues.
The disease is more common and more severe in men. It often runs in families.
Early symptoms include back pain
and stiffness. These problems often start in late adolescence or early
adulthood. Over time, ankylosing spondylitis can fuse vertebrae together,
limiting movement.
Calc carb Pain as if sprained; can scarcely rise; from
overlifting. Pain between shoulder-blades, impeding breathing.
Rheumatism in lumbar region; weakness
in small of back. Curvature of dorsal vertebrae. Nape of neck stiff and rigid.
Calc phos Rheumatic pain and stiffness of neck with
dullness of head, from slight drought of air. Cramp-like pain in neck first one
side then the other (right to left). Throbbing or jerking pains below scapula.
Violent pain in region of back when making the least effort. Backache and
uterine pains. Sharp pains in sacrum and coccyx. Soreness as if separate in
sacro-illiac synchondrosis. Curvature of the spine to the left, lumbar vertebrae
bend to the left, spina bifida. Soreness in sacro-iliac symphysis, as if broken.
Phos acid Tension and cramp-like drawing in muscles of
neck, especially on moving head. Miliaria on neck. Boring pain between scapulae.
Spondylitis of cervical vertebrae. Eruption, painful to touch, on back,
shoulder-blades, neck, and chest. Burning pain in a spot above small of back.
Itching stitch in coccyx, fine stitches in coccyx and sternum. Crawling (formication)
tingling in back and loins.
Phosphorus Rigidity of nape of neck. Pressure on shoulders.
Swelling of neck. Engorgement of axillary glands and of those of nape of neck
and of neck. Paralyzed sensation in upper sacrum and lower lumbar vertebrae.
Contusive pain in loins and back (as if back were broken), especially after
having been seated a long time, hindering walking, rising up, or making the
least movement. Pain in small of the back when rising from a stooping position.
Sensitiveness of spinous processes of dorsal vertebrae to pressure. Softening of
spine. Heat or burning in back, between scapula. Tearings and stitches in and
beneath both scapula. Pain in coccyx impeding easy motion, can find no
comfortable position, followed by painful stiffness of nape. Coccyx painful to
touch as from an ulcer. Transient pain from coccyx though spine to vertex that
drew head back during the stool. Backache and palpitations prevail.
Silicea Stiffness of nape, with headache. Swelling of
glands of nape, in the neck, and under the axillae (with suppuration), sometimes
with induration. Suppuration of axillary glands. Caries of clavicle.Stitches
between the hips.Coccyx painful, as after a long carriage ride.- Stinging in os
coccyges on rising, painful to pressure. -Scabby elevation on coccyx, above
fissure of nates.- Pain in the loins, which prevents rising up, and forces
patient to remain lying down.- Inflammatory abscess in lumbar region (on the
psoas muscle).- Weakness and paralytic stiffness in back, loins, and nape.-
Tearings and shootings in the back.- Shootings in the loins, when seated or
lying down.-Burning in back when walking in open air and becoming warm.- Aching,
shooting, burning, and throbbing in lumbo-sacral region.- Swelling and
distortion of spine (curvature of the vertebrae).-Contusive pain between the
shoulder-blades.
Sulphur Stiffness of neck, in nape, with paralytic,
sprained pain. Child cannot hold head up neck muscles so weak. Tetters on nape.
Swelling and inflammation of glands of nape and of neck. Swelling and
suppuration of axillaryglands. Cracking in vertebrae of neck, especially on
bending backwards. Weakness and wrenching pains, or pain as from a bruise in
loins, coccyx, and in back, especially on walking, or rising from a seat.
Gnawing pain in small of back. Pain in small of back not permitting one to stand
erect. Finds himself at night lying on back. Cannot lie on back on account of
rush of blood to head. Pain in back after manual labor. Shootings in loins,
back, and shoulder-blades, sometimes with obstructed respiration. Sharp and
rheumatic pains, drawing, tension, and stiffness in loins, back and nape.
Pinching and burning sensation between the shoulder-blades. Tension and bruised
pain between scapulae and in nape, which on moving head goes to shoulders.
Stitches beneath scapulae which take away the breath. Drawing in right scapula,
evening on going to sleep. Tearing in left scapula while sitting. Needle-shoots
at point of left scapula. Sprained pains in back. During whole day aching in
small of back, worse when urinating. Distortion (curvature) of spine.
Vertebrae softened. Cracking of vertebrae on bending head backward.
Symphytum Pain in back from a fall, from sexual excess.
Pott's disease after injury. Psoas abscess. Much used among herbalists in caries
of spinal and other bones. Symphytum facilitates union of fractured bones;
lessens peculiar pricking pain; favors production of callous; when trouble is of
nervous origin. Irritability at point of fracture; periosteal pains after wounds
have healed.
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