What are the early symptoms of ankylosing spondylosis in women?

Ankylosing spondylitis is a relatively common physical disease in women, which is generally a rheumatic disease. Due to the structure of the sacral joints, women are more likely to develop the disease than men. Ankylosing spondylitis in women can easily lead to weight loss, anemia, or general fatigue and other symptoms. Timely treatment is required, and appropriate exercise can be done on a regular basis.

Early symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis in women

Patients with ankylosing spondylitis in the early stages may experience symptoms such as iritis, general fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, and low fever. The main clinical manifestations include intermittent and persistent pain in the back and buttocks. The symptoms are more severe in the morning and after a day of work, and may worsen in cold and humid weather.

In late-stage patients, spinal stiffness and lumbar curvature may lead to disability. What are the main manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis in women? Ankylosing spondylitis generally has an insidious onset and may not have any clinical symptoms in the early stages. Some patients may show mild systemic symptoms in the early stages, such as fatigue, weight loss, long-term or intermittent low fever, anorexia, mild anemia, etc. As the disease is relatively mild, most patients cannot detect it early, resulting in delayed disease progression and loss of the best time for treatment.

the difference

1. The peripheral joints of patients with ankylosing spondylitis will be significantly affected.

Half of female ankylosing spondylitis patients are more likely to have peripheral joint involvement, while the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae are less affected than in men. The incidence of knee joint involvement, neck involvement, and pubic symphysis involvement in female patients is higher than that in male patients. Under the same disease course, female patients have milder clinical symptoms, less involvement of the entire spine, and imaging changes are more common as early signs.

2. So what are the symptoms other than joint involvement in our female patients with ankylosing spondylitis? The incidence of anemia in female patients with ankylosing spondylitis is higher than that in male patients; cardiac involvement is more common in female patients than in male patients, but some studies have also reported that male cardiac involvement is more common than female patients; the incidence of iridocyclitis in female patients is higher than that in male patients, and the reason is unclear. The diagnosis and treatment of female ankylosing spondylitis

3. In addition to the above contents, there are also differences in patients' laboratory indicators.

The average incidence of abnormal CRP (C-reactive protein) and ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) in female patients with ankylosing spondylitis in the acute phase is higher than that in male patients. However, most studies in recent years have shown that there is no significant difference between male and female patients.

In addition, it has been reported that the positive rate of rheumatoid factor in female AS patients is higher than that in male patients, indicating that female ankylosing spondylitis patients may be more likely to have rheumatoid arthritis than male patients.