Spondylarthritis patients claim that the current economic situation should not affect the quality of health care.

-The Spanish Coordinator of Espondilits associations, CEADE insists at the same time the importance of the diagnosis early to prevent disabilities future.

– according to the Spanish Rheumatology society (be), in Spain there are about 550,000 patients in spondylarthritis

Madrid, October 2011.- yesterday, October 20the national day of ankylosing spondylitis, a pathology framed within the spondylarthritis was held and which has a high rate of failure of the patient. For this reason, the Coordinator, Spanish associations Espondilits, CEADE took the celebration of this day to insist on the importance of awareness and information about this disease, to reduce the social and labour impact ankylosing has the patient and their environment.

Ankylosing spondylitis is a degenerative disease in which the vertebrae, tend to be welded together, resulting in limitation of mobility. In these diseases, the diagnosis and treatment are early keys to avoid inflammation, which can lead to long-term joint destruction and thus inability. In addition, in this type of disease, a patient informed and active is vital to achieve the maximum adherence to treatment (drug and non-pharmacological), resulting in an improvement in their quality of life.

For Isabel Rivero, President of the Coordinator Spanish of associations of Espondilits, CEADE, the spondylarthritis are diseases whose diagnosis leads to a great impact on the patient and their environment. Patients associations play a very important role in this process, both to meet the needs of these patients psychosocial as to defend their rights in the rest of players in the health care system ”.

And is that, according to the study of health and labour, temporary disability caused by rheumatic diseases (which are among the spondylarthritis) represent a cost of more than one million and a half euros a year in our country. facilitate the diagnosis and treatmentwhich includes physical therapy exercises, it allows us to firstly improve the quality of life and second term to save those costs caused by the disability that causes ”, adds Elizabeth Rivero.

Currently, according to data from the Spanish Rheumatology society, there are more than 550,000 spondylarthritis in Spain patients in Spain

About CEADE

The Spanish Coordinator of Espondilits associations consists of the various existing ankylosing spondylitis associations at the national level. The idea of creating a national coordinator arises from the need for concerted efforts and ideas common to all partnerships projects, maintaining a continuous contact and fluid exchange of information.

The National Coordinator chaired, each year and by order of seniority in his creation, by a member association. Each Presidency takes on the commitment to promote meetings of work between the various associations and organize the “Congress national of patients with spondylitis”.