Hello Helthea, I have both AS and UC and I'm told it is rather common...to me, colds are common, house pets are common, hating your job is also pretty common - nothing about either of these diseases feels very "common" and I certainly hope your husband doesn't have them...common or not.

When I looked this post over, I got the impression that it might sound like I was jumping all over you for using the word "common" so I thought I'd mention that this isn't the case at all. It actually is considered common - I just find the term sort of minimizes the nature of both diseases. I mean if AS is rare, then how could AS and UC together possibly be common?