Imagine Dragons Singer Spreads Ankylosing Spondylitis Awareness

After coming forward with his battle with Ankylosing Spondylitis, Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds shares how he’s helping others with the disease.
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[@danielraugh4121]

I am 17, I was diagnosed with AS at 15, and I struggle daily with these ailments. My older brother also has AS. I'm glad that someone is trying to help bring awareness to this disease.

[@randomvideos7295]

Recently diagnosed here and I'm managing it so much better through diet as well as meds! It's restrictive but asit works. Basically terry wahls protocol. Good luck

[@harshit_Singh_1]

Same I am also 17 and diagnosed with the same

[@ballistastudios9256]

Diagnosed with AS when 14 Years old, i am now 33, and struggling with this horrible disease, recently just got tested Positive for TB, because of the usage of various medicines for AS, such as Remicade, Simponi, which possible triggered and activated TB...

[@AnkylosingSpondylitisMan]

Great to hear he is raising awareness

[@atulgupta7668]

I'm from India I'm having AS since 2016 and I was looking for the celebrities whomare suffering from AS and I got this I can understand coz everyday there is different pain in my different body parts but lower back pain is constant Many people including homies don't believed on me that what from I'm going through It can only understand by the person who has Ankylosing Spondylitis ❤️

[@Veer.Bhadra]

Bhai how did you overcome this disease I am also an AS patient are you still taking medicines or not?

[@nickyannajones]

I wish the show had given more info to folks about what to look out for and how serious it is. I'm glad they even mentioned it but from what this clip shows it makes light of the disease. I've never seen the whole interview so i may be off base. I have this disease and it has turned my life inside out. I'm having to replan everything. The pain is excruciating. On a McGill medical pain scale of 50 arthritis is a 18, chronic back pain is 27, Ankylosing spondylitis is 32, childbirth is a 40. Kidney stones is a 42, Trigeminal Nueralgia is a 44 and above that is RSD

[@chechevite]

I was 14 when suddenly I couldn’t walk anymore. Recently diagnosed with AS at the age of 28

[@laurakichler7660]

Thanks for this awareness

[@sallytruthers]

Just diagnosed 8 weeks ago at 44

[@danielledinenno8714]

I got diagnosed with AS, have UC as well

[@jackaxel1430]

damn you people why did'nt you let us know what treatement he is using or if he is healed from it

[@clddl658]

unfortunately you can't get healed from it. you can pause the progression using a lot of different methods. some people manage it with just the diet or just the NSAIDs, but others (like me) have to use a biologic. It's really dependent on each body which is probably why he's not going to recommend anything other than talking to your doctor. We caught mine as early as they'd like to, and I still have to take an NSAID every day and inject humira every 14 days. treatment is so unique to each person that there's no point saying what will work for people or wont.

[@AndySaenz]

I thought he was radioactive? Radioactive?

[@lalalalala1941]

first and Im in love with imagine dragons!!

[@mirrar01]

This disease is pretty bad, especially if severe and untreated.

[@atulgupta7668]

All we have to do is trust ourselves that it can not affect us more than that already it has and you have to working on it to improve your condition 😊

[@raywhittaker4813]

I went untreated for like nearly 7 years because my back pain was always dismissed as just the result of having g cup breasts. It wasn’t until I developed uveitis that just wouldn’t go away that I was finally taken seriously. Diagnosed at the age of 20. Actually on January 15th 2022 so less than 3 months ago. I’ll be 21 on april 10th so in like 8 days and my life is hell. It’s hard to get out of bed in the morning. It’s hard to do simple things at the pace people expect me to. It’s hard to function in normal society when you have this because it literally only gets worse with age

[@AdityaGupta-xq3kr]

@@raywhittaker4813 Control it with diet

[@raywhittaker4813]

@@AdityaGupta-xq3kr I know that🙄 and I eat healthy but regardless I have breasts so big they hang down to my belly button and diet and exercise CANNOT change the size of my breasts. I’ve already lost 50 pounds and yet my boobs are still the exact same size they were before I lost the weight. My rheumatologist told me that a major factor in my AS pain is the weight from my boobs which can only be changed by a reduction. I can’t afford a 6k-12k dollar surgery. My insurance wants me to go to pt but that’s 210 dollars a week which again I can’t afford. I’m actively seeking a medical marijuana card for the pain though

[@AdityaGupta-xq3kr]

@@raywhittaker4813 Insurance companies are evil corporates ready to destroy lives to save some bucks

[@jamescurrie3445]

Why isn't mentioning his hair transplant, that didn't grow back by magic.

[@toniasmith5614]

please go to gastroinfo4u on KZbin to see what I am going through, im trying to get awareness for gastroparesis.

[@rebel8114]

Tonia Smith I'm going to check it out. I'm up now at 2 am because it's a bad day. I have AS. Not being a sissy. Just a statement.

[@genixeditz2.011]

@@rebel8114 bro how are you now?