Some patients with inflammatory bowel disease have significant symptoms outside of the gastrointestinal tract. These extra-intestinal symptoms can at times be even more significant than the intestinal symptoms. Arthritis, skin conditions, inflammation of the eye and liver are the most common. Whi...
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Extraintestinal Symptoms
MERF
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 12:29 PM
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IBD and Misdiagnosis: What is the problem?
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As I sat home with my three sick girls today an...
This is an excellent explanation of the extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs) of IBD. Most poignant, perhaps is the statement that the arthritis symptoms may be evident for years before the actual IBD comes to light. That was certainly the case for me and I have often wondered about the seemingly frequent diagnoses of fibromyalgia in people shortly prior to their being diagnosed with IBD. Is that a coincidence or is what is being dubbed fibromyalgia perhaps the arthritis/arthralgia associated with Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis?