Know the best ways to check the presence of spondylitis!

Once you notice any signs of symptoms of spondylitis or suspect having it after keeping track of certain changes in your body, the next best step will be visiting an orthopedic. He is the best person who can say for sure whether you have spondylitis of not. The medications or necessary lifestyle changes prescribed by the doctors may vary from one to another depending on the type of spondylitis.

From analyzing the symptoms to trying Hoffman reflex test, and the Spurling test or the neck compression test, doctors prescribe various physical tests to see your response, and then they study them. And then comes the CT scan, X-ray, and MRI, the results of which confirms the state and type of spondylitis, one is suffering from. When visiting an orthopedic, don't withhold any information regarding your present and past medical history or any specific symptoms you've noticed, if there's any.

Knowing about the symptoms of a disease always helps in identifying it and opting for the necessary treatments early. And when it comes to spondylitis, looking for its signs and symptoms like stiffness and pain in the lower back, neck, hip joints, shoulder, heel and eyes, reduced spine flexibility, eyes' sensitivity to light or blurred vision can be helpful in early diagnosis and effective treatment. Remember, not everyone with spondylitis has symptoms. A few may experience pain in the neck which is evident at times and which may or may not get severe.

Being a degenerative process, no treatment methods has been found yet to completely cure or prevent the degenerative pathological progression of spondylitis. However, there are indeed various treatments available, such as medications, swimming or exercising that can help in preventing the back and neck pain that it causes. After knowing that there is no prevention possible, don t lose hope, as you can certainly control the severity of the painful and distressing symptoms of spondylitis.