Women and Axial Spondyloarthritis: diagnosis and management

Men with Axial SpA are more likely than women to experience changes to the bones and fusion, and thus they can be picked up using x-ray. Women are more likely than men to experience inflammation rather than fusion, which is visible on MRI but not on x-ray.
• What are the implications for diagnosis of axial SpA in a woman?
• What do GPs and First Contact MSK practitioners need to consider?
• How do responses to biologics differ?
• What are the implications for management of women with axial SpA?
• What specific issues, such as pregnancy, need to be considered?
• What are the implications of co-morbidities such as uveitis, psoriasis, IBS and increased risk of osteoporosis?
This webinar considers the above questions including the evidence, research and case studies.
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This webinar will interest: GPs, First Contact MSK Practitioners, rheumatologists, ophthalmologists, dermatologists, gastroenterologists, physiotherapists, anyone managing patients with back pain.

[@anacruz3798]

I live in the USA. It has taken me 8 years to get diagnosed with AxSpa, despite being in the care of a rheumatologist since 2017. Most of my doctors (primary, chiropractor, cardiologist, and even my pain management doctor) are not fully aware of the new diagnostic criteria for spondyloarthritis. Much less believing that it affects women! It has been an uphill climb to get this diagnosis, and the only reason they paid attention to my cries of pain was because I've methodically switched all my physicians from male to female over the course of the last year! I cannot stress how gaslighted I've been by a plethora of male doctors all these years. So many years in pain without relief and without having a solid diagnosis :(. So thank you for sharing this information- now, how do we get doctors to learn and listen?! I advocate constantly about AxSpa.

[@marymcguigan3408]

Thankyou for this webinar I am 55 years old female and am struggling with these symptoms and trying to get a diagnoses