How to Use spondylitis in a Sentence

spondylitis

noun
  • 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

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