If you dont fuse you dont have AS. Until that happens you only have spondylitis (some uninformed docs call this fibromylagia).
AS is the end result of the imflamation, hence the name ankylosing (fusing), to get to this stage can literally take years if ever.
There should have been some one, I would have thought, would have pointed this out before my reply.
To make this clear, AS is the end result of an autoimmune disease not the beginning, but it is important to get a diagnosis of potential AS early so that when the spine ankyloses your posture is more or less in an upright position, this is achieved by exercise, stretching. The meds are to relieve the major symptoms (pain) so that we can remain as mobile as possible.
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