Dear doctor, please let me know what is the difference between multiple sclerosis and spondylitis. thank you?

Big difference: Spondylitis would be inflamation in the spine like in ankylosing spondolitis ( marie strumpel's disease) where as multiple sclerosis is a neurologic disorder of the brain.

Ill try: Ms is a neuroligic disorder with varied presentations and varied natural course that usually begin with acute neurologic dysfunction motor loss balance visual problems common presenting symptoms more being learned about disease as we advance medically but spondylitis is inflamation of the spine several types exist. Treated now effectively with rheumatoid modifing drugs.

Let me try: Ms is a disease of the central nervous system . With ms, the protective covering (known as "myelin"that protects the nerves becomes damaged. Damaged myelin (and eventually nerves) disrupts the smooth flow of nerve impulses, causing the symptoms of ms. Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis of the spine. It causes your vertebrae, to fuse together.Ankylosing spondylitis is an immune disease.

Response: Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune inflammatory disease affecting brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. Paraplegia could be due to spinal cord involvement. But another cause of leg issues could be spinal stenosis, cervical spondylosis, and mechanical spinal cord compression. The term spondylitis may refer to structural problems within the vertebrae, which may be the cause of your issue.