Knee pain.....etc

[ontariomom]

So my knees ache. Like really ache . To the point where they almost have me in tears some times. They keep me awake at night, i cant seem to sit for too long with out the pain. Ice doesnt seem to do it nor does heat.

I take tylenol for the pain but that doesnt seem to help either.

my fingers sometimes ache , and my wrists and elbows but its concentrated in my knees.


could this be crohns related? Or just something else????

 

[Rebecca85]

Maybe you have something else going on like arthritis? As it's fairly common for Crohn's patients to get rheumatoid arthritis.

Other than that, could it be a medication side effect? Or a vitamin deficiency of some sort? (just throwing ideas out there!)

 

[Thermo]

its probably the Crohns RA symptoms affect 20% of Crohns patients (Myself included) what medications are you on? when wazs the last time you had bloodwork?

 

[ontariomom]

I haven't started any treatment yet. We briefly discussed options with my GI but still waiting on test results. So I know its not drug related. Vitamin related not sure. I had blood work done few months ago and every thing was fine. Iron stores werre low but not low enough she said to worry. I am trying to eat foods with more iron.

I will look into the other options and get more onfo on them. This pain has gone from once in a while to almost daily. And its driving me nuts. :S

Thanks for all the suggestions.

 

[Ozboz]

I have ankylosing spondilitis it is a form of arthritis related to crohns I suffer terribly with joint pain go and see a rehumatologist

 

[Jennifer]

I second seeing a Rheumy. Mine recently put me on Humira to help with the Crohn's and arthritis. An x-ray will show if you have arthritis or not and blood work (there are 2 different blood tests) will show if you have RA or not. So far I have osteoarthritis, waiting on the blood work for the RA test results (even if I have it though they'd just put me on Humira which I've already started).

Being low can still give you symptoms of a deficiency so you may want to supplement the iron along with more iron rich foods and retest to see if its helping (after at least a month).