UC and painful feet, joints

Has anyone had post flare joint pain? Particularly the feet and knees? My feet are VERY painful and a bit swollen. I can barely walk. Knees are also sore, as are wrists, and finger joints. I have had UC for 30 years, with many flares, but never joint pain before. Tylenol doesn't help. Dr. says it would be okay to use Advil. I have never had a problem with it. I am desperate. This just started less than 3 weeks ago, several weeks after the flare sudsided. Thanks for listening.


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I have joint pain, mainly in the knees. I can hardly get up if I bend down. I just put a post on this and another member told me to try guclosmine. I think i am going to give this a try.
I feel like a old lady.

Thanks, all. It is funny, but I find the pain moves around, too. My left wrist was hurting like crazy for a few days, and now the fingers and knuckles on that hand hurt. Wrist hardly hurts at all. Did anyone have POST flare up pain? Has anyone had a mild hot-flash like feeling in the lower legs or mild pains in the thigh muscle? The whole thing is just so gosh darn weird! and a real pain!

A common side effect of UC is Ankylosing Spondylitis; a painful joint problem. Please consult your GI and make sure that you are not suffering from this; they can tell from a simple blood test.

Hi ArtGal,

Yes, ABSOLUTELY there is a correlation between what you are feeling and your long term UC. You could be me. Please take a moment to go over to this link in the Arthritis section and read more about Colitic Arthropathy. It sure sounds like the club you have joined.

I'm being successfully, yes SUCCESSFULLY treated by a rheumatologist and have taken on more fun and interesting challenges since feeling better than I've ever done before.

Last month I actually felt well enough to buy a Yamaha Morphous cycle and am now riding with the men in my family. Please take care of yourself. There are effective treatments out there!

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=10&m=1043483

Wishing you the best!

Rot Gut

I take Glucosamine and my doc said it's normal to have arthritis with UC. She is sending me to a rheumatologist just to be sure. It can't hurt to get checked out just to be sure. Good luck!

My GI takes note of my extra-intestinal symtoms (and admonishes his residents when they don't) but that's the extent of his interest in them. My GP is the one who tries to minimize their effect.

I would guess that even 20 minutes a day of easy bike riding (indoors or out) would help. Or some brisk walking. An older woman in my office swears her (osteo) arthritis is improved with 30 minutes a day of swimming. There's some benefit in just getting moving.

It seems that there is no end to the side effects of this DD i to seem to suffer with joint pain but not always the same ones has a habbit of moving around i find a hot water bottle or heat pad helps better sometimes than painkillers good luck hope you feel better soon

i had foot, ankle, knee and hip pain during my flare. it was UC induced arthitis.
it is one of the many pleasant side effects of UC that we get to experience.. yay us!

it ended up going away on its own.
but doc said it was definitely uc related. and usually it goes away once uc symptoms subside.

please be careful with the advil.
i have read may studies and had dr advice to stay far away from ibuprofen.
take tylenol or ANYTHING else besides NSAID's (non steroid anti inflammatory drug's) as these cause inflammation fo the colon and excerbate UC symptoms.

my original doc who diagnosed me took my medical history and concluded that most likey (and i say most likely meaning he has no real idea) that my uc was caused by using ibuprofen.
my dr back in college prescribed it for period pain and any other pain, gave me 800mg pills and said take 2 at a time and take as many as i need.
well, you always find out years later the hard way, how some of this stuff can screw up our systems.
so, it may be different for everyone, but please look into NSAID's before you take any.
it is now known that it is bad for people with inflammation. even though they are made to stop inflammation. bit weird if you ask me.

my doc put me on remicade for my uc and my pain went away after each infusion. i was also told to go on vitamin D 800mg a day that that would help. it has helped me a ton. i also take ultram, a prescription pain med that isn't addictive like the others. if i'm having a bad bout, where i literally can't walk or twist a door knob, i take the ultram round the clock and am better in a day or two.

Thanks for all of your input and advice. I have been away from the computer for a few days. I am taking some Advil,usually one every 6 or more hours. Sometimes when I'm really sore, I take 2. I'm so afraid it'll bring on a flare. It's like, I'm between a rock and a hard place in regards to either joint pain, or bring on a flare. This migratory arthritis is so weird, my right knee one day, and then it's gone, left wrist terrible and then it's the right one. My feet are swollen and sore and I find it hard to wear certain shoes. Some days my fingers are sore I find it a bit hard to grasp things. MY left ankle is swollen, but not the right. I really feel like an old lady. I am getting depressed because it's summer and I don't want to think, "gee I can't do that because I have to walk too far!" What I really don't understand is why this would all of a sudden start, 3-4 weeks after the flare has improved and after 30 years of the disease. I went to my reg. Dr. and she ran blood tests for rheumatoid arth. and other things and they came back neg. They forgot to check for Lyme Disease and I will know that on Mon.