Spondyloarthropathies: Symptoms And Diagnosis
Spondyloarthropathies refers to problems related to arthritis. We are going to find out what their diagnosis involves, their symptoms and how to treat them.
These present a fairly common symptomatology. This is why they are grouped together in the same concept of spondyloarthritis, which we will detail later.
What are spondyloarthropathies?
As the Spanish article Patogenia de las espondiloartropatÃas seronegativas clearly shows, spondyloarthropathies constitute a group of inflammatory arthritis type. In the event that their diagnosis turns out to be seronegative, this means that they do not affect the peripheral and axial, enteritic or extra-articular joints.
What are the different diseases that make up the group of spondyloarthropathies? This subject is dealt with by the Spanish article EspondiloartropatÃas. Utilidad de los criterios de clasificación . Let’s see which ones it is:
- Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) : chronic rheumatic disease.
- Psoriatic arthritis (APso) : chronic inflammation of the peripheral joints, spine and entheses, associated with the presence of psoriasis.
- Juvenile spondylitis : the same as the previous one, but which affects young patients.
- Reactive arthritis (Are) : inflammation of the joints that occurs after infection.
- Enteropathic arthritis : associated with Crohn’s disease and inflammatory ulcerative colitis.
Within the group of spondyloarthropathies are also the undifferentiated ones. Indeed, these refer to a group of patients who present some of the characteristics of these diseases but whose diagnostic criteria do not allow them to be classified in one of the preceding groups.
Symptomatology
Now that we know the diseases that form the group of spondyloarthropathies, we will see what symptoms characterize it. Although, as we have been able to see, there are different associated diseases, most manifest the following symptoms:
- Lower back pain : This is often the main red flag of something wrong.
- Pain and swelling : Present on the arms and legs, it is not a very common symptom.
- Vertebral stenosis : it is a consequence of ankylosing spondylitis which manifests itself in lower back pain.