The back pain occurs at midnight when the person is sleeping and there is morning stiffness when the person wakes which normalizes after 30 minutes, every 5th person suffers this pain issues in Pakistan.
A session on World Axial Spondyloarthritis Day was organized by Novartis Pharma (Pakistan) with the support of Express Media Group in Islamabad. The session was arranged at hotel with collaboration of Navartis Pharma, the Axial Spondyloarthritis International Federation (ASIF) and the Arthritis Care Foundation (ACF).
This day is dedicated to the patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis. asSpA is a rheumatic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the lower back and sacroiliac joint, a joint which links the pelvis and lower spine and is responsible to support the weight of the upper body when standing.
Professor Sumaira Farman Raja, the Head of Department of Rheumatology at National Defense Hospital said, “This back pain may be due to Axial Spondyloarthritis, which is inflammatory in nature.
The pain may appear in other parts of the body, including the leg, arm, neck or fingers. Most commonly the disease starts at a young age, below the age of 40,”
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