Hypermobile joints or Double Jointed

[QueenGothel]

Farmwife wonders if most of the joint pains kids have are related to being hypermobile or double jointed.

Are you double jointed with joint pain?

 

[Farmwife]

Thank you my Queen!:ybiggrin:

Yes, Grace is double jointed with pain.:heart:

 

[my little penguin]

Hyper mobility is often related or part of connective tissue diseases or disorders.
Some with connective tissue disorders also have Gi issues including Ibd .

DS has mild hypermoblilty but per his Rheumo the cause of his joint pain is Ibd related .

 

[Clash]

C's ortho didn't mention C being double jointed so I don't think he it but he does have joint pain. Queen Gothel, under thread tools or one of the other menus is there an option to start a poll? NVM just saw it at the top, it didn't pop up the first visit to the thread, sorry!

 

[QueenGothel]

The poll is there now.

 

[Clash]

Edit above

 

[QueenGothel]

I don't like how I worded it!

 

[my little penguin]

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2011, Pages 41–47


Increased risk for coronary heart disease, asthma, and connective tissue diseases in inflammatory bowel disease ☆
Johanna Haapamäkia, , , Risto P. Roineb, Ulla Turunena, Martti A. Färkkiläa, Perttu E.T. Arkkilaa
a Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
b Group Administration, Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District, Helsinki, Finland

Abstract
Background and aims
Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) show increased risk for other immune-mediated diseases such as arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and some pulmonary diseases. Less is known about the prevalence of other chronic diseases in IBD, and the impact of comorbidity on health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
Methods
The study population comprised 2831 IBD patients recruited from the National Health Insurance register and from a patient-association register. Study subjects completed generic 15D and disease-specific IBDQ questionnaires. The Social Insurance Institution of Finland provided data on other chronic diseases entitling patients to reimbursed medication. For each study subject, two controls, matched for age, sex, and hospital district, were chosen.
Results
A significant increase existed in prevalence of connective tissue diseases, pernicious anemia and asthma. Furthermore, coronary heart disease (CHD) occurred significantly more frequently in IBD patients than in their peers (p = 0.004). The difference was, however, more clearly seen in females (p = 0.014 versus 0.046 in males). Active and long-lasting IBD were risk factors. Concomitant other chronic diseases appeared to impair HRQoL. Asthma, hypertension and psychological disorders had an especially strong negative impact on HRQoL, as observed with both the generic and disease-specific HRQoL tools.
Conclusions
In addition to many immune-mediated diseases, CHD appeared to be more common in IBD than in control patients, especially in females. The reason is unknown, but chronic inflammation may predispose to atherosclerosis. This finding should encourage more efficacious management of underlying cardiovascular risk factors, and probably also inflammatory activity in IBD.

From:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873994610001698

 

[CarolinAlaska]

Jae has had hypermobility of her joints since early childhood. I don't know how long she has had Crohn's. She didn't have joint pain until the past couple of years - her clavicle would pop out of joint or click, but fortunately that is better. She is quite the contortionist too!

PS I think joint pain is separate issue from hypermobility. She has always had hypermobility but not always had joint pain...

 

[imaboveitall]

Double jointed is a misleading layperson's term that has no meaning.
Joint laxity is what we are speaking of here, as in Ehlers-Danlos.


V's joint hyperflexibility is pronounced. She has no joint pain unless she dislocates.

 

[Sascot]

The physio said Andrew was hypermobile when he was younger, but he isn't any more. He doesn't get joint pain.

 

[Jmrogers4]

I put no but with joint pain, but then I don't think he has ever been checked for any of it.

 

[CarolinAlaska]

I think he would tell you wouldn't he, Jacqui?

 

[AZMOM]

However so is my non-IBD kid. Hypermobility in several joints.