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Subject: Re: Osteoarthritis of the spine question.
Hi Shirley What tests did you have? I spent most of my childhood with gut issues - in my late teens I was told I had something like poly / non specific arthritis with inflammation in my spine and rib cage and also neck and shoulder pains too but was told by the consultant that there were signs of osteoarthritis too (at 19!) my Dad had AS which affects the spine and his back and ribcage is mostly fused from sacro.lumber to neck. Mine is related to AS - as worse symptoms are spine, hips, ribs and buttocks. I'm 48 now - and luckily my arthritis has not developed the same way as my fathers but I am 99.9% sure that healing my gut and modifying my diet (at age 26) was key to my arthritis not developing further. AS sufferers also have a massive risk for Crohn's disease too. I read that there is a comon overlap in diagnosis with AS, osteo and oligoarthritis. So sorry no specific advice but a relate story :)
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