What are Spondyloarthropathies?
Spondyloarthropathies are a family of long-term (chronic) diseases of joints. These diseases occur in children (juvenile spondyloarthropathies) and adults. They include ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and joint problems linked to inflammatory bowel disease (enteropathic arthritis).
What does Spondylopathy mean?
Medical Definition of spondylopathy : any disease or disorder of the vertebrae.
What joints are affected by Spondyloarthropathies?
Spondyloarthropathies are forms of arthritis that usually strike the bones in your spine and nearby joints. They can cause pain and sometimes damage joints like your backbone, shoulders, and hips.
What is the difference between spondylosis and Spondylopathy?
Spondylopathies are disorders of the vertebrae. When involving inflammation, it can be called spondylitis. In contrast, a spondyloarthropathy is a condition involving the vertebral joints, but many conditions involve both spondylopathy and spondyloarthropathy. Examples include ankylosing spondylitis and spondylosis.
What is SpA in rheumatology?
Spondyloarthritis (SpA) encompasses the closely related, but clinically heterogeneous, inflammatory rheumatic diseases ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, undifferentiated SpA, arthritis and/or spondylitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease, and some forms of juvenile idiopathic …
Is spondyloarthritis serious?
Like many other chronic conditions, spondyloarthritis symptoms may come and go. Symptoms may also vary from day to day. Complications, such as heart problems and lung scarring due to long-term inflammation, are rare. Spondyloarthritis is serious.
Is spondyloarthritis an autoimmune disease?
Spondyloarthritis is currently allocated to the autoimmune diseases, but classifies as an autoinflammatory disease based on a strong inflammatory component and lack of a female preponderance.
What autoimmune disease causes spondyloarthritis?
Spondyloarthritis is an umbrella term for inflammatory diseases that can affect the back, pelvis, neck and some larger joints, as well as internal organs, like the intestines and eyes. The most common of these diseases is ankylosing spondylitis. Others include: Psoriatic arthritis.