I would like to find out more about anklyosingspondilitis?

See a rhematologist: Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic progressive inflammatory arthritis of the spine that leads to a gradual fusion of the spinal vertebral bodies. It has a genetic basis, it is associated with hla-b27, one of the major histocompatability antigens.

Spine joints problem: Ankylosing spondylitis, a genetic (inherited) autoimmune disorder with gradual fusion of spine joints, affects about 1/400 people. A patient's rheumatology and orthopedic doctors can help with treatment. Inflammation of the joints between the spinal bones, and the joints between the spine and pelvis, gradually causes the spinal bones to join together (fuse).