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Extraintestinal Manifestations
How Crohn's and UC can affect joints, skin, eyes, liver and more, and what to tell your care team.
Cancer Risk and Surveillance With Crohn's Disease
Crohn's disease cancer risk varies by bowel involvement and treatment. Learn why surveillance may start at 8 years and repeat every 1 to 3 years.
Clotting (VTE) Risk in IBD
Blood clot risk in IBD is 2 to 3 times higher, especially during flares and hospital stays. Learn VTE warning signs and prevention steps.
Colon Cancer and UC: Your Surveillance Schedule and What to Know
Ulcerative colitis colon cancer screening starts 8 years after symptoms in left-sided or extensive UC. Learn the 1-5 year schedule and PSC exception.
Crohn's and Your Mouth: Ulcers, Dental Issues, and Care
Crohn's mouth ulcers and dental problems: learn causes, flare warning signs, care options, and why B12, folate and iron checks matter.
Crohn's Beyond the Gut: Joint Pain, Skin Problems, and Eye Issues
Crohn's joint pain, skin problems and eye issues can affect up to 40% of patients. Learn which track with flares and when to seek specialist care.
Extraintestinal Symptoms in IBD Remission: Joints, Eyes, Skin
Extraintestinal symptoms in IBD remission can affect joints, eyes and skin. Learn which track gut activity, which do not and when to see a specialist.
Eye Pain and Redness With IBD: Uveitis, Episcleritis, and When It Is Urgent
Eye pain and redness with IBD: compare uveitis, episcleritis and scleritis, spot vision-threatening symptoms, and know when to seek same-day care.
Eyes: Uveitis/Episcleritis
Uveitis and episcleritis in IBD can cause red eyes, pain and light sensitivity. Compare symptoms and learn when to seek same-day eye care.
Hair Loss With IBD: Causes and What to Track
Hair loss with IBD is often temporary. Learn key causes and track your 3-month timeline, ferritin, zinc, B12, thyroid tests and medication changes.
IBD Brain Fog: What to Track and What to Ask Your Doctor
IBD brain fog overlaps with fatigue, anemia, sleep and inflammation. Learn what to track daily and which tests and questions to discuss with your doctor.
IBD Fatigue With Normal Labs: What Your Care Team May Evaluate
IBD fatigue with normal labs may still have treatable causes. Learn how care teams assess iron, sleep, mood, thyroid, vitamins and medications.
Iron Deficiency in IBD: Ferritin and Transferrin Saturation
Iron deficiency in IBD can hide behind normal hemoglobin. Learn ferritin cutoffs, what saturation below 20% means, and when IV iron is preferred.
Joint Pain Before a Gut Flare: An Early Warning Sign?
Joint pain before an IBD flare may be an early clue. Compare type 1, type 2 and axial arthritis, then learn how symptom and biomarker logs spot patterns.
Joints: Peripheral & Axial Spondyloarthritis
Peripheral and axial spondyloarthritis in IBD affect the limbs, spine and hips. Compare symptoms, gut flare links, NSAIDs, DMARDs and biologics.
Mouth Ulcers and IBD: Flare, Deficiency, or Medication?
Mouth ulcers and IBD may signal a flare, nutrient deficiency or medication effect. Compare timing, gut symptoms and treatment changes with your care team.
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) and UC: What the Link Means and What Gets Monitored
PSC and UC monitoring may include liver tests, MRCP, annual colonoscopies, and cancer surveillance imaging every 6 to 12 months. Know what to expect.
Skin Changes With IBD: Erythema Nodosum, Pyoderma, Drug Reactions
Skin changes with IBD: learn to distinguish erythema nodosum, pyoderma gangrenosum and drug reactions, what to document, and when to seek urgent care.
UC Beyond the Gut: Joint Pain, Skin Problems, Eye Issues, and Other Surprises
Ulcerative colitis extraintestinal manifestations affect up to 50% of people with IBD. Spot joint, skin and eye symptoms and know when to seek care.
When Your IBD Symptoms Don't Match Your Test Results
IBD symptoms not matching test results? Learn how IBS overlap, deficiencies and medication effects can explain the gap, and when to contact your GI.