I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis at 15

I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis at 15 By Kathleen Hoffman, PhD, MSPH Imagine a patient with inflammatory joint pain. You’re probably not visualizing a young person in his 20’s or teens with severe lower back pain, but that’s a likely scenario for sufferers of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). One Inspire member said: I was diagnosed with AS at 15 years old ... in my case it took an emergency room visit when I could hardly move and freaked out. I had an amazing House-style emergency room doctor who solved the mystery by ruling out injuries/mechanical problems and [...]