The draft recommendations are a good first step, but more awareness around axial spondyloarthritis in the non-rheumatology community is also needed to improve diagnosis, one expert said.
For chronic low back pain comorbid with opioid abuse, physical therapy and chiropractic care are widely recommended, yet vastly underutilized, especially in racial and ethnic minority groups.
For most people with chronic pain, physicians should start by addressing mind-body issues rather than turning to that approach as a last resort, according to Ira Rashbaum, MD.
Stool samples from patients with spondyloarthritis, acute anterior uveitis, and/or Crohn s disease showed similarly low levels of certain bacteria, compared with samples from control patients.