Like other kinds of arthritis, AS can sometimes flare. A flare-up happens when symptoms worsen. During a flare-up, you might need more care and treatment than you need at other times.

Arthritis, a term encompassing over a hundred different conditions affecting the joints, is a leading cause of pain and disability worldwide. Characterized by inflammation in one or more joints, it ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and their healthcare providers frequently use the term ‘flare’ to describe periods of worsening disease activity. The term is not well defined and reflects a ...

Background In inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new biological therapy has recently been approved. Vedolizumab is a humanised IgG1 monoclonal antibody to α4β7 integrin that modulates gut lymphocyte ...

Systemic (whole body) and biologic drug treatments are similar for the different forms, but the approach to psoriatic arthritis flare-ups may vary, Dr. Askanase says.

A new study by researchers from the University of Birmingham, UCL, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Birmingham Children's ...

Osteoarthritis is common in the UK, with nearly nine million adults over the age of 45 seeking treatment due to painful flare-ups in the knees, hands, hips and spine. Patients whose hands are affected ...