Inflammatory bowel disease tied to spondyloarthritis

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) more often have spondyloarthritis (SpA) before and after diagnosis of IBD, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Crohn's and Colitis.

Sarita Shrestha, from Örebro University in Sweden, and colleagues compared the occurrence of SpA in a nationwide cohort study involving 39,203 patients diagnosed with IBD during 2006 to 2016 and 390,490 matched reference individuals from the general population.

The researchers found that compared with reference individuals, IBD patients were more likely to have prevalent SpA at IBD diagnosis (2.5 versus 0.7 percent; odds ratio, 3.48). IBD patients also more often received a diagnosis of SpA, with 1,030 SpA events during 23,341,934 person-years of follow-up in IBD patients compared with 1,524 SpA events in the reference group (5.0 versus 0.72 per 1,000 person-years; hazard ratio, 7.15). In subgroup analyses, the associations were strongest among patients with Crohn disease (odds ratio, 5.20; hazard ratio, 10.55) and pediatric-onset IBD (odds ratio, 3.63; hazard ratio, 15.03).

"Patients with IBD who have joint symptoms should be examined for a potential SpA diagnosis. This recommendation is relevant both at the initial diagnostic work-up of patients with suspected IBD and during the follow-up of patients diagnosed with IBD," the authors write.

If you have IBD and a more normal arthritis, it might be best to get checked, as a better therapy may be available.

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2 posted on 07/27/2022 12:21:51 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)

I was dx’d with UC 28 yrs ago, and don’t have any more issues with arthritis than any other senior citizen at this point, but it doesn’t hurt to keep ahead of the curve, for sure.

3 posted on 07/27/2022 12:41:41 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )

An arthritic butt???

Who knew?

4 posted on 07/27/2022 12:53:50 PM PDT by Adder (Dumblecrats: Spending $$ we don't have on crap we don't need for people who pay no taxes.)

Would’ve liked this article YESTERDAY, when I was blown off again by the rheumatologist.

5 posted on 07/27/2022 1:12:56 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)

There is no excuse for IBD. Doctors are idiots and patients do no favors for themselves by ignoring symptoms & self-treating via OTC poisons.

If you believe that you have IBD, fire your doctor and find an ND immediately. AMA medical knowledge on the gut is medieval.

6 posted on 07/27/2022 7:04:53 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)

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