The average age at symptom onset is 26 years old. There have been reports of children getting the disease, and it usually affects people under 40 years old. Unfortunately there is often a very long delay between when your back starts to hurt and when you are diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis. This is also a chronic disease, which means once you start to experience symptoms they will affect you on and off for the rest of your life. It’s not a very good thing to have!
The average age at symptom onset is 26 years old. There have been reports of children getting the disease, and it usually affects people under 40 years old. Unfortunately there is often a very long delay between when your back starts to hurt and when you are diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis. This is also a chronic disease, which means once you start to experience symptoms they will affect you on and off for the rest of your life. It’s not a very good thing to have!
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