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Joint and muscle pain with ibs flare ups

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julie06737
julie06737

Does anyone else get joint and muscle pain when have a bad flare up.

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  • margaret22116
    margaret22116 julie06737

    Posted

    hi Julie...you should ask for full blood tests if you have muscle and joint pain with ibs symptoms. I was wrongly diagnosed with ibs when I had an underlying auto immune disorder. I would ask for a review which includes looking at crp ana and esr which are inflammatory markers which can uncover if there could be anything else causing your joint and muscle pain. Good luck.

  • GutiSteve
    GutiSteve julie06737

    Posted

    Yes I get pretty severe muscle pain and moderate joint pain that coincide with IBS symptoms. I saw Rheumatologist and he ruled out autoimmune disorders. I don't know what it is, it feels like a systemic inflammatory response to something but I haven't been able to narrow down any specific foods that trigger it, it seems to have a mind of it's own. I think it's more than IBS but my doctors either haven't helped or blatantly don't care to.

    • julie06737
      julie06737 GutiSteve

      Posted

      Thanks for your message. I have been on this journey since I was fourteen. Forty five years and it still scares me when I have new symptoms. Sometimes when I feel I'm dealing with a stressful situation my body think differently . I should be used to it after all these years.

    • margaret22116
      margaret22116 GutiSteve

      Posted

      sadly a familiar tale. Took me til I was almost 40 to be properly diagnosed. It is very frustrating but yes you get fobbed off a lot. Consider asking to see an immunologist instead for a consultation Steve. Might be more useful.

  • pippa58442
    pippa58442 julie06737

    Posted

    You can get joint and muscle pain with IBS although I don't experience this. My joint and muscle pain is chronic regardless of IBS.

    • julie06737
      julie06737 pippa58442

      Posted

      No. But my Mum, her sister, and my daughter all had celiac's disease . My Mum and her sister both died in there early 60s from celiac related diseases. I have had the test but negative. But have similar symptoms.

  • sam18386
    sam18386 julie06737

    Posted

    are you an ibs sufferer or coeliac? pain in muscles could be exhaustion, malabsorption causes muscle pain.

  • julie06737
    julie06737

    Posted

    Sorry I answered your question but sent it to Pipa by mistake.

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