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Inflammatory Bowel Disease
and Arthritis
About 15 percent of people who have inflammatory bowel diseases
such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis also have enteropathic
arthritis, which is linked with gastrointestinal inflammation, says
Themistocles Dassopoulos, MD, medical director of the Baylor
Scott & White Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at Baylor
University Medical Center at Dallas.
There are two major types of enteropathic arthritis:
• Peripheral arthritis generally affects large peripheral joints, such
as elbows, shoulders, knees and ankles. Unlike osteoarthritis
and rheumatoid arthritis, this arthritis doesn’t lead to joint
deformities, but it can cause severe joint pain, swelling and
redness.
• Central arthritis affects the spine and the sacroiliac joints—
between the base of the spine and the pelvis—and can lead to
spinal fusion.
Because non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (such as aspirin and
ibuprofen) can worsen the bowel inflammation, acetaminophen is a
better choice for joint pain relief.
Several new medications can treat both the bowel disease and the
associated arthritis, says Steve Appleton, MD, an orthopedic joint
surgeon on the medical staff at Baylor University Medical Center.
Along with arthritis, the inflammatory bowel diseases are linked with
autoimmune conditions of organs such as the eyes, liver and skin.
ST&R at The Star
Baylor Scott & White Health is collaborating with
the Dallas Cowboys and the Frisco Independent
School District on a sports medicine, research and
performance facility at The Star in Frisco.
The 300,000-square-foot campus, called Baylor
Scott & White Sports Therapy & Research (ST&R) at
The Star, will open in early 2018 and will focus on
injury prevention, research and wellness.
Services will include diagnostics, treatment and
rehabilitation for Cowboys team members, students
and others in the community, says Christian Royer,
MD, a foot and ankle surgeon on the medical staff
at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Baylor
Scott & White Medical Center – Frisco and Baylor
Scott & White Medical Center – Plano. The ST&R
will offer an ambulatory surgery center, diagnostic
imaging, a sports performance program, an urgent
care center, outpatient rehabilitation, a pharmacy, a
brain injury program, research facilities and more.
Go to BSWHealth.com/Star to learn more
about the innovative programs and
services that will make the ST&R the first
facility of its kind.
Help for Gut and Joint Health
If you have inflammatory bowel disease and you’re
experiencing joint pain, talk to your doctor about your best
options for pain management. Visit BSWHealth.com/
Digestive and BSWHealth.com/Ortho if you need a
physician referral.
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