Now Knee Pain??

After 14 years of UC... All I can say is that I have had joint pain for about a year now, I get it in my hands, wrists, elbows, ankles and sometimes the knees. Guess were some of the unlucky ones that get symptoms outside of the colon... :( Seems like it really got more noticeable after a bad reaction to Remicade. Wound up with bursitis in both shoulders and broke out with hives. It comes and goes- sometimes constant. I take hydrocodone as needed to control the pain from my guts and joints.

Im still trying to get back in remission - been out of the big R for over a year. On 20mg prednisone, humira, lialda and uceris

about 25% of people with IBD have joint pain associated with their disease. Most GIs and rheumatologists agree that treating the bowel disease should relieve the joint pain, so the ultimate goal is to achieve a truly solid remission.

My rheumy pushed my GI to treat my gut inflammation more aggressively. My GI's recommendation was to switch my meds around a bit and add sulfazine, which is a med that apparently relieves joint pain while it also treats bowel inflammation. I've had good luck with it.

I also found that adopting a gluten free diet got rid of the very last bits of joint pain in my life. Aside from a couple of 1-day flares associated with viral illnesses, I have been free of all joint pain for 3 years, free of serious joint pain since 2008 or so. Joint pain was my primary issue for many years, above and beyond all the bowel symptoms for me.

So, first get a rheumy if you haven't already so you can eliminate other things. Second, talk to your GI about sulfazine. Last - consider a GF diet.