what is anklyosing spondlyosis?

Answer 1

"Ankylosing spondylitis is one of many forms of inflammatory arthritis, the most common of which is rheumatoid arthritis. Ankylosing spondylitis primarily causes inflammation of the joints between the vertebrae of your spine and the joints between your spine and pelvis (sacroiliac joints). However, ankylosing spondylitis may also cause inflammation and pain in other parts of your body"

see more at:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ankylosing-spondylitis/DS00483

and from the National Library of Medicine website:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000420.htm

Answer 2

I don't think anklyosing spondlyosis exists.
If you meant Ankylosing spondylitis;
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS; also known as Bechterew's disease; Bechterew syndrome; Marie Strümpell disease / Marie Struempell disease / Spondyloarthritis) is a chronic, painful, progressive inflammatory arthritis primarily affecting spine and sacroiliac joints, causing eventual fusion of the spine; it is a member of the group of the autoimmune spondyloarthropathies with a probable genetic predisposition. Complete fusion results in a complete rigidity of the spine, a condition known as bamboo spine.

The typical patient is a young man, or sometimes a woman, of 15 to 30 years of age with chronic pain and stiffness in the lower part of the spine. In 40% of cases, ankylosing spondylitis is associated with iridocyclitis (anterior uveitis, also known as iritis) causing eye pain and photophobia (increased sensitivity to light). Other common symptoms are recurring mouth ulcers (aphthae) and fatigue.

Typical prodromes (early symptoms) may occur at a very young age (e.g. 3 years old), where the patient may experience recurring painful joints (e.g. knees, elbows), commonly misinterpreted as simple rheumatism.

AS is also associated with ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, and Reiter's disease.

Check these out for more information:

http://www.rheumatology.org/public/factsheets/as.asp?aud=pat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankylosing_spondylitis
http://www.spondylitis.org/
http://www.arthritis.org/conditions/DiseaseCenter/ankylosing_spondylitis.asp

Answer 3

All great answers. My grandfather had this. He walked hunched over like a number "7" for 35 years, it was horrible.