This is very interesting to me. I suffer from Ulcerative Colitis and ever since my disease my joints have gotten worse and worse. I used to be a runner, but now

This is very interesting to me. I suffer from Ulcerative Colitis and ever since my disease my joints have gotten worse and worse. I used to be a runner, but now I can’t run or jump anymore and I often suffer from joint aches. I have been trying to figure out if this is just a function of me getting older, if I am just imagining it, or if it is related to my illness. Reading from others with IBD, they also report the same kind of symptoms that you describe, vague ones. But joint aches and pain is a recurring theme. Medicine doesn’t seem to say much about it and my doctor is a pragmatist who basically says: “a lot of patients report joint aches and pain, but we just don’t know”. It is interesting to me because I can relate to it. Sure. Maybe this can all be written off as pains and symptoms imagined, but there might also be truth in there. Regarding COVID it seems there is so many unknowns. I am not sure where I am going with this. I guess my point is that this is very interesting, especially in light of your comment, I hope the phenomenon is studied soon.