Health. What is ankylosing spondylitis, from which Louane suffers?
The 28-year-old singer, who represented France at the last Eurovision Song Contest, revealed that she suffers from "a degenerative autoimmune disease of the joints."
French contestant Louane on stage during the latest Eurovision Song Contest. Photo by Sipa/DPA/Jens Büttner
Singer Louane, 28, announced in a YouTube interview that she suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, like 180,000 people in France.
The French national who represented France at the last Eurovision Song Contest (she finished in seventh place) explained that it was "a degenerative autoimmune disease of the joints" which results in painful flare-ups during "crises" in the spine and pelvis. "It's simple, we talk, I'm in pain, but I'm used to it," she said, adding that she was taking anti-inflammatory medication to relieve it.
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This chronic inflammation " can sometimes develop into stiffening of the affected areas ," explains the Health Insurance on its website , which emphasizes that it often occurs between the ages of 20 and 30, but sometimes in adolescence or later.
After many years, this condition, which affects more men than women, "can develop into stiffening affected areas”. Affected patients “often share a particular genetic background”.
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