Ulcerative colitis arthritis

Enteropathic arthritis refers to arthropathy associated with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. These lesions are linked by clinical and histological inflammation of the bowel, altered intestinal permeability, and peripheral and central arthritis. About 20% of cases have peripheral arthritis, and 10% to 15% of patients have axial arthritis. Peripheral arthropathy is more common in people with extraintestinal symptoms (such as nodular erythema). The incidence is equal between men and women. It can be affected at any age, but arthritis in adults usually occurs after inflammation of the bowel actually occurs, and the opposite is true in children.

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