No matter that I've been complaining for almost (only) 10
years of a terrible pain at my back in the exact same location on a 24/7
basis, no matter the position of my body (sitting, standing and laying in bed)
none of my MD has been able to at least guess that it might be AS, but now my
latest expert MD has suggested for me to have a simple blood test done to see
if I have the B27 (B27 is a blood test to look for a protein that is
found on the surface of white blood cells. The protein is called human
leukocyte antigen B27 (HLA-B27). Human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) are
proteins that help the body's immune system tell the difference between its own
cells and foreign, harmful substances) as you can see from the websites I link
here and the usual Youtube video that it shouldn’t be very complicated for any
MD to know when a patient is affected by this condition, I must however say
that I have been under the care of 5 different MD over 8 years of time who all
have been incapable to say that my never-ending pain might be from the Ankylosing
Spondylitis, only this last one recommended for me to have a specific blood
test done to say if I've really been suffering for such a long time from this
condition.
Trying to look at things under a “pink light” (as my best
caregiver always tells me to do) I can only say that I’m lucky to live in a
time when this condition can be proven beyond reasonable doubts with a blood
test, nobody wants to risk making an educated guess just based on specific
symptoms that haven’t changed in “just 8 years”.
So now I’m glad to take the risk to be proven wrong by
chemistry, because IF I’m right…..I’m afraid I can’t tell…..
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003551.htm
- http://www.spondylitis.org/about/as_diag.aspx
- http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1201027-overview
- http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/content/41/8/857.full
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