Sacroiliitis is the name of the joint situated near the sacrum or lower spine region. It is the joint which connects the hip bone with that of iliac bone. When inflammation develops on the sacroiliac joint it is called as Sacroiliitis. It is very often described as the inflammation of the spinal cord.
Diseases that affects and causes psoriatic arthritis, spondylitis and reactive arthritis together grouped as Spondyloarthropathy. Sacroiliitis is considered to represent various categories of arthritis like that of osteoarthritis, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Very often, Sacroiliitis causes low back pain in the affected individuals.
Symptoms :
When there is inflammation on the sacroiliac joint, it may cause low back pain or even leg pain. Some people complain of buttock and hip pain, apart from having fever. There will be discomfort when the person tries to get up after prolonged hours of sitting.
Stiffness of the joints in the hip bone and back bone is felt. The person will feel intense pain along with stiffness in the mornings when he wakes up from the bed.
Sacroiliitis Causes :
The major cause of Sacroiliitis is spondylitis and arthritis. Any form of arthritis along with psoriasis can cause pain in the joint of sacrum. It can be caused due to injury in the back portion due to accident or fall. For some women, this condition develops during labor pain when the pelvic area stretches for delivering the baby. Even lupus may give rise to Sacroiliitis. If there is any infection on the sacrolitic joint, it can lead to Sacroiliitis arthritis.
Sometimes the pain and inflammation would occur due to bacterial infection on the sacroiliac joints. It can be induced due to urinary tract infection. Any pain in the sacrum region can cause stiffness in that joint producing swelling. Urinary tract infection and osteomyelitis are also some of the causative factors for Sacroiliitis.