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Ankylosin spond,can it link to amyloidosis,and heart,brain,like atrophy,infarct.muscle loss, lung diseae,had monocytosi 4 yrsago, c t l spine,very bad?

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AS: AS can be complicated by osteoporosis, hip involvement, iritis (inflamed eye), with extremely rare restrictive lung disease, and aortic insufficiency (leaky heart valve). Amyloidosis, stroke, blood dyscrasia - if present is not a prominent risk.

Answered 10/14/2014

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