Joint and aches and pains

I went to a rheumy who worked me up for all the autoimmune things and then got on the phone to my GI and told him to get serious. It took a while to get everyone on the same page but I ended up on pred for 3 months, followed by a med switch to include sulfazine. Going gluten free helped too.

I am in the same boat novice. My joint pains and aches get worse with the weather, and so I've had two weeks of awful pain. I'm reluctant to go back to my rheumy because I really don't want to be on more medicine. :-(

My GI is upfront and when I talk to him about joint pain he tells me it's time to check in with the Rheumy. They are in the same clinic so they do talk to each other, which is nice. The Rheumy got my GI to let me stop cimzia to see if that would help my joint pain, which it sort of did.

See if you can get in to a rheumy and hopefully they will have a good solution for you!

I know I had X-rays and blood worked preformed through my PCP's office to check for Rheumatoid arthritis. All the test came in negative for that. So right now the speculation is that my body still has not adjusted to being w/o Prednisone.

I know what you mean about feeling like an old woman. I sometimes move like I'm 100 years old. I might bring it up to my GI when I see him next week. I have a feeling I will be told it is part of the Crohn's. Unfortunate answer, but I feel like I'm going to be hearing this for years to come.

Even if your GI thinks your joint pain is part of your Crohn's (and it probably is) does not mean that it shouldn't be taken seriously. My rheumy strongly encouraged me to address the Crohn's with much more aggression - the theory is that untreated bowel inflammation is what is causing the joint pain. He pushed my GI really hard and finally my GI came up with a game plan. The rheumy started talking about biologic meds - I was only on Pentasa at the time - and my GI did not think that my Crohn's merited such an aggressive treatemnt. But the joint pain was really bad and my rheumy was right to push. You both should be pushing hard, too.

Ultimately my GI put me on entocort, then weaned me off that and got me on sulfazine, which treats both bowel inflammation and joint pain. Going gluten free is also something you both should try.

I researched docs until I found a rheumatologist that specialist in difficult cases. I was finally diagnosed with fibromyalgia and bursitis. Other rheumys have said its just crohns and theres nothing we can do about it. I couldn't accept that nor deal with that pain anymore. My new rheumy monitors me more than my GI. Its strange but leg pain is the first symptom when I flare.

Have you tried Tylenol arthritis? I was complaining of the same two days ago and am now basically pain n ache free! Worthy of a shot!

I strongly advise seeing a rheumatologist. I was diagnosed with crohns and after having my colon removed last summer I started having join pain and swelling. My GI referred me to a great rheumatologist. Both docs attribute the arthritis to the crohns and believe treating the crohns will help the arthritis. A lot of meds treat both crohns and arthritis so if your doc prescribes something it's possible it will help both illnesses.