arthirits or fibro??

spacey
spacey Member Posts: 126
edited 9. Oct 2010, 11:10 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi - I am an identical twin. Both myself and my sister have ulcerative colitis and have had the same surgery. At the time when this started for us with in a year of each other we both had joint pain and stiffness affecting the same joints at different times and both have such tiredness. We live in different counties but her rheumatologist has diagnosed fibromyalgia recently while mine was diagnosed as seronegative arthiritis 2 years ago. we are on the same treatment but I am left wondering which we have. I spoke with my gp last week and he feels that my diagnoses fits but said that the treatment for both would be the same in either case _ iam happy with my diagnosis as I have done alot of research and have found out that seronegative arthritis is experience by a high precentage of people with bowel disease as an rheumatic manifestation but i am just a little confused as to the consultants differing opinions???

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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Two different people, two different ideas. One feels the symptoms fit fibro, the other a form of arthritis. Both go hand in hand, both can appear very similar, I think that's all there is to it, there is nothing sinister in it. I wish you both well. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • skezier
    skezier Member Posts: 11,333
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Spacey,

    There are definitely certain ties between IBD and arthritis but I think less its the specific one (whose name I can't remember just now) its just the autoimmune thing making other autoimmune things more likely? I seem to remember something along those lines.

    I got the crohn's my brother got colitis and that's the only similarity we have. We're not twins but our other siblings don't have IBD either, though one has bone problems and I honestly think its the luck of how the genetics fall in each person. Bit like so many coloured marbles being thrown on the floor will make a efferent pattern, I think even as identical there is beyond the obvious sames a chance its slightly different in each of you.

    I wonder if you do just both have different things hence the different diagnosis and treatments? What matters is that you both get the right treatment and the names well they are very similar. Nice to meet you and take care. Cris x

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