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Is Weakness Along With Joint Pain Normal In A Person With Crohn S Disease?

hi, i suffer from crohns disease, at the moment i am on infiximab , on azathioprine 200 ml per day ,and vitamin d tablets also folic acids lanzoprazole and paracetmol, the problem is started feeling more weaker and my joins hurt even more now. is that normal?
posted on Mon, 8 Feb 2016
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General & Family Physician,  's  Response
Hello dear
Understand your concern.
Crohn's disease is a inflamatory bowel disease characterized by abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss and blood with mucus in stool.
It is associated with skin rash, arthritis and tiredness.

It is associated with joint pain because it involves joint produce arthritis and inflammation of tendon, particularly large joint involve first like Knee then small joint and lastly involved spine.

You should continue treatment provided by gatroenterologist to prevent complication and require close follow up.

Hope this may help you.
Best regards
Dr. Sagar
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General & Family Physician,  Dr. Dholariya Sagar Jayantilal's  Response
Hello dear
Understand your concern.
Crohn's disease is inflammatory bowel disease
Cause is unknown but
Genetic predisposition, auto immunity and bacterial mycobacterial paratuberculosis and smoking play important role.

Following are the symptoms of crohns disaes:
Abdominal pain
Bloody diarrhea
Weigh loss
Fever

Tiredness due to anemia as result of blood loss

Extra intestinal symptoms: skin rash, arthritis, uveitis, enthesitis generally present due to auto immune pathology

So joint pain due to arthritis and weakness suggest severe disease in crohn s disease

Hope this may help you
Best regards
Dr. Sagar
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Is Weakness Along With Joint Pain Normal In A Person With Crohn S Disease?

Hello dear Understand your concern. Crohn s disease is a inflamatory bowel disease characterized by abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss and blood with mucus in stool. It is associated with skin rash, arthritis and tiredness. It is associated with joint pain because it involves joint produce arthritis and inflammation of tendon, particularly large joint involve first like Knee then small joint and lastly involved spine. You should continue treatment provided by gatroenterologist to prevent complication and require close follow up. Hope this may help you. Best regards Dr. Sagar