The Diagnosis and Treatment of Spondyloarthritis - Back Pain and MRI 

I'm learning so much from this professional and his videos ; much more than from my own rheumatologist. I wish all our rheumatologists know so much and care so much about their patients.It's clear he feels passion for his job.

I have chronic lower back pain and just figured out I'm hla-b27 positive. I'm going to see a rheumatologist soon

Excellent very informative lecture , the best I've come across yet .. Thank you very much indeed for posting

What an excellent speaker!

great video, easy to understand and lots of info. not the usual boring tone that I come across in other videos. great speaker

thank you sir for excellent lecture

I'm a 42 year old Brazilian woman, feeling pain for 3 years now. I was successively diagnosed with fibromyalgia by several rheumatologists. After almost three years looking for improvement and treating fibromyalgia, a new rheumatologist asked me for an MRI of the sacroiliac joints and discovered, along with other tests, that I have spondyloarthritis. It's desperate to be in pain, do multiple treatments and not get better. I questioned my sanity several times. Many people said that I have something psychological. The diagnosis came as an answer and a certain relief. But the road is difficult and painful.

Thank you. Very educational and informative.

I was Dx with Psoriatic arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Bulging discs with core compression, degenerative discs w/facets in neck....but now a NEW Rhuemy says "I just think you have some osteoarthritis and sends me for feet xrays (cuz they hurt sooo bad), and the xrays dontnday too much at all but " Negative for bone growth, masses, etc but some changes," So Rhuemy says"I dont think u have anything but AGING OSTEO like I do and every body else" 😱😭😩💔 I'm feel like someone just threw me out in the dump truck! It's awful cuz I feel like 7yrs of medical MRI's, etc and now this guys wants to ignore all of that and say I'm just aging when i had this since i was 30 and now 46!!!

Interesting.Would have greatly benefited from use of some kind pointing device when comparing scans-"if we compare the inflammation here to the inflammation here"??????!!!!

Thank you from Latin America! Great info.

seen better days been going thru this for bout 10 years

Had this for two years, along with back pain I also deal with swollen painful tendons in feet and hands which was told is result of this disease

Thank you

Thanks

When he starts off right away with an untruth I have a hard time putting credence to the rest of his talk. At 0.50 he says "narcotics don't work", so obviously he has never been in a position to need them, but they help me get out of the bed in the morning.

Thank you so much. I have spondyloarthropathy.

i was diagnosed with this but pains usally grow on inner hip area

HLA-B 27 positive blood test is key.

I learned so much through this very detailed teaching. Thank you! I have complained about severe back and pelvic pain. What specialist should I be referred to?

Maybe the technicians reading the X-rays and MRI's need more training.

9:30 I laughed so hard at this X-RAY

As a Seronegative Spodyloarthropathy patient what is the hazard in having a T-Score of 10 in the spinal column? Areas score a range from 5 to 7 and up to 9.5. I never received TNF treatment because of liver disease history.

I’m having inflammation in my middle back feels like it’s getting worst I done had a mri, X-ray and they say everything looks normal f my life

Do you ever feel like some doctors just don't take this seriously? Like they don't understand how this changes your life.

hit like if you too are here because you don't trust anymore your doctors

Can ankylosis spondylitis one sided? One of my hips are stiff and I also have neck and back pain on that side

IM hla b27 negative with normal esr crp and x-rays but I have all the symptoms of AS ...I have pain and stiffness in lower back ,neck( can't move my in chin tuck pose without serious pain) ,shoulder,knee,ankles...I'm 20 And a hell lot of dipression...what should I do...

i feel myself the unluckiest man on this earth

They won't get me functionng to get shit done