Many people usually don't understand the pain of the "ankylosing spondylitis." As a third stage patient( total is four stages), this disease is a genetic lesion caused by a problem with the immune system. When it attacks, multiple eroded joints in my body feel pain, even my jaw joint feel the pain, too. If I don't take medicine, I will feel the pain like I am being stabbed into the pelvis when I am walking. I could only rely on medical treatment and stretching to reduce the pain and slow down the condition aggravated. Recently, medical development has found a way to control the disease better and might find a solution. Hope the new drug could come out soon!
This illustration is a symbolic way to explain my feelings when I am sick. If you have the same disease as me, you might be able to feel this artwork.
創作一張關於僵直性脊椎炎的插畫，通常很多人都不了解得這個病會有什麼樣的痛苦也不了解，所以身為一個僵直性脊椎炎第三期患者(總共四期)，簡單的來講一下感受。
這是一種免疫系統發生問題導致的遺傳性病變，每當方病時，身上被侵蝕的關節都會感到疼痛，輕則走起路來會如被刺入骨盆的痛，重則身上的某幾個關節處只要稍微彎曲都會疼痛不已，只能依靠藥物和伸展等運動來減輕和減緩病況加重。據說醫學現在讓這種只會惡化的病能夠更有效地控制，希望這個更好的治療方式趕快研發出來。
這張插畫其實也是具象的在解釋發病時我的感受，如果同為病友，應該很能體會。

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