Maharashtra: Rheumatologist to attempt for Guinness World Record to create disease awareness
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Mumbai: In an effort to create awareness about back pain and its patterns as well as to contest Guinness World Record, a rheumatologist has planned to enter the board on Sunday. Dr Shashank Akerkar, 38, of Mumbai Arthritis Clinic, Bhandup, will be making 600 patients suffering from Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) stand in the form of pelvic bone under one roof.
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a kind of arthritis in which instead of hands and legs, spinal bone is affected, where it slowly starts to bent downwards. It involves chronic seronegative spondyloarthropathy, which primarily involves the axial skeleton (ie sacroiliitis and spondylitis). The etiology is unknown but involves the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. The diagnosis is made by combining clinical criteria of inflammatory back pain and enthesitis (inflammation at the site of bone insertion of ligaments and tendons) or arthritis with radiological findings.
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a kind of arthritis in which instead of hands and legs, spinal bone is affected, where it slowly starts to bent downwards. It involves chronic seronegative spondyloarthropathy, which primarily involves the axial skeleton (ie sacroiliitis and spondylitis). The etiology is unknown but involves the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. The diagnosis is made by combining clinical criteria of inflammatory back pain and enthesitis (inflammation at the site of bone insertion of ligaments and tendons) or arthritis with radiological findings.
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