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Spondyloarthropathy secondary prevention
Introduction
Secondary prevention
Secondary prevention in SpA are included:
- Routine exercise and physical therapy
- Routine exercise and physical therapy are useful to reduce symptoms
- Specialist consultations
- Ophtalmologist → to evaluate the presence of anterior uveitis
- Rheumatologist → management of ongoing disease and the response to medication
- Gasteroenterlogist → coexisting of IBDs such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
- Cardiologist → to evaluate the presence of aortitis and heart block
- Surgeon → Orthopedic and neurosurgeons
- Physical therapist → to reduce symptoms of the disease