Not just back pain: Doctors flag hidden toll of ankylosing spondylitis | Delhi News
New Delhi: On World Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) Day, medical experts flagged the condition as widely underdiagnosed in India, warning that it is often mistaken for routine back pain despite primarily affecting young adults in their most productive years.Specialists said lakhs of patients face an average diagnostic delay of nearly seven years, during which the disease…