Rare Disease Foundation of Iran and A.S community signed a Memorandum of Understanding for more cooperation.
Necessary and adequate measures must be taken for identifying A.S patients to provide a complete data base of patients and to present therapeutic services for these patients.
In addition, they approved to arrange different meetings and conferences by vary subjects such as: science-research, cultural, social, training, and supporting at different times for raising information of public on this type of disease.
Ankylosing Spondylistis is a painful and progressive disease that involves the joints in spine.
These kind of diseases probably involve other joints and effect other organs like, eyes, lungs, gut and hearth.
In 90% cases, people confuse A.S to Sciatica or spinal disc problems.
Late diagnosis of this disease leads to disability.
Rare Disease Foundation of Iran, already makes a lot of efforts in order to identify and support patients with rare diseases.