How to Use spondylitis in a Sentence

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• Since his days as a teenager, Looney has had ankylosing spondylitis, a rare form of arthritis that affects the spine and neck.
  — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 27 Mar. 2022
• Ankylosing spondylitis causes joints and vertebrae in the spine to fuse; Barber’s neck, hips, and the base of his spine had essentially frozen in place.
  — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 7 May 2018
• Beth, a 73-year-old Carlsbad resident, originally bought a vape pen to treat her spondylitis, a form of arthritis that targets the spine.
  — Peter Rowe, latimes.com, 11 Feb. 2018
• Ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory disease that can prompt some of the interlocking bones in the spine to fuse, can force a person to hunch over, the Mayo Clinic says.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 11 Oct. 2018
• Some in the ankylosing spondylitis group feel a similar sort of disenchantment.
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 21 Dec. 2021
• Ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory disease that can prompt some of the interlocking bones in the spine to fuse, can make people hunch over, the Mayo Clinic says.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 4 Jan. 2021
• She was diagnosed at 15 with ankylosing spondylitis, a condition that causes bone fractures and sometimes requires her to use a wheelchair.
  — Tammy La Gorce, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022
• Family, as anyone who has one knows, can be its own kind of chronic pain, no less debilitating than ankylosing spondylitis.
  — Andrea Long Chu, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2021
• These joints are often involved in diseases that affect the whole body, like ankylosing spondylitis or psoriatic arthritis.
  — New York Times, 16 Dec. 2020
• For years, Mars, who is 71, has pressed forward despite a diagnosis of the debilitating disease ankylosing spondylitis, a form of arthritis that affects the spine.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2022
• Darryl Dunsmore, for example, suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, a form of early onset arthritis that sometimes leaves him in a state of paralysis.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2022
• Ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory disease affecting the spine, robbed Loomis of movement in her joints.
  — Jeff Horseman, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2017
• There is no cure for ankylosing spondylitis, but therapy and medication can alleviate some of its symptoms.
  — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 7 May 2018
• Symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis and irritable bowel syndrome forced Gutierrez to miss the entire 2014 season.
  — J.p. Hoornstra, Orange County Register, 5 June 2017
• Other studies proved its benefits in other musculoskeletal conditions, like ankylosing spondylitis, and even some types of back pain.
  — Aaron E. Carroll, New York Times, 20 June 2016
• Then, at 23, he was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a second, rarer inflammatory condition that affects the spine, pelvis, and digestive tract.
  — Andrew Heffernan, Men's Health, 22 Dec. 2022
• Biologics are one of the newer treatments for autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Crohn’s disease, and ankylosing spondylitis.
  — Stephanie Watso, SELF, 27 Aug. 2021
• Learning about your treatment options is one major aspect of managing a chronic condition that causes spinal inflammation, such as ankylosing spondylitis.
  — Korin Mille, SELF, 14 Sep. 2021
• Reynolds has been open about overcoming his past struggles with anxiety and depression while dealing with an inflammatory arthritic disease, Ankylosing spondylitis.
  — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE.com, 22 May 2017
• Graham suffers with Ankylosing spondylitis, a form of arthritis that causes inflammation in the spinal joints to fuse together, leaving a person in severe, chronic pain and discomfort, according to the Spondylitis Association of America.
  — Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, 25 Sep. 2017
• For the past 10 years, Dripps had struggled with spinal deterioration and had a dual diagnosis of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and ankylosing spondylitis.
  — Janelle Walker, Elgin Courier-News, 10 July 2018
• Biologics are one common autoimmune disorder treatment that can be used for a variety of diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and Crohn’s disease.
  — SELF, 6 July 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024