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https://www.medicinaeinformazione.com/ / medicinaeinformazione / einformazione There are many Italians who suffer from back pain, but the pain can have different origins, in fact there is a mechanical back pain and an inflammatory one that has very specific characteristics, such as pain upon waking up accompanied by stiffness that worsens at rest and improves with movement, and the fact that it affects young people before the age of 40. These warning signs are all symptoms of spondyloarthritis, inflammatory and chronic rheumatological diseases that involve the spine but can also extend to the peripheral joints, and which can take up to 7-8 years for a correct diagnosis. Knowing and recognizing them thanks to a visit to a rheumatologist specialist allows you to treat them promptly with the therapies available today, which allow you to block the inflammatory cascade and send the disease into remission. We talked about all this with; Serena Guiducci, University of Florence Giorgio, a person with ankylosing spondylitis who walked the Via degli Dei Among the topics: A photographer of inflammatory back pain and spondyloarthritis, symptoms, diagnosis, daily management, latest-generation drugs capable of blocking the inflammatory cascade The Passi di salute project, a walk between Bologna and Florence along the Via degli Dei promoted by Novartis to underline the importance of physical activity, a physical and metaphorical journey that tells the steps a patient must take to learn to manage their disease.