Ankylosis

Ankylosis is the fusion of bones in a joint, or its fusion with bone tissue (osseous ankylosis) or connective fibrous tissue (fibrous ankylosis). Ankylosis is a complication of long-term inflammatory disease of the joint it can also develop as a result of certain chronic infectious (for example, tuberculosis) or rheumatic (for example, ankylosing spondylitis) diseases.

Hookworm (Ancylostoma, Ankylostoma) is a genus of small parasitic nematodes that live in the human small intestine widespread in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. Its representatives, attaching themselves to the walls of the intestine with the help of special processes, suck blood from it. Humans are the main and most favorable host of A. duodenale parasites.

Content:

Ankyloses are various forms of fusion of the articular ends during processes as a result of which the joint is subjected to destruction and, based on the symptoms of pathological changes in the soft tissues, they are also called bone adhesion of the joints. More often, ankylosis affects the knee joints and ankylates the joints in ankylosing spondylitis, and also immobilizes or impairs the motor activity of the limbs.