"If a patient of mine is having extraintestinal features of IBD, this, in turn, reflects that the underlying IBD is not in control," he says.

"If a patient of mine is having extraintestinal features of IBD, this, in turn, reflects that the underlying IBD is not in control," he says.

Mr. C, a 30-year-old male with Crohn's disease, presented to his clinician with symptoms of fatigue, lethargy, headaches, pallor, hair loss, irritability, and weakness.

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According to a 2015 study in the journal Inflammatory Bowel Disease, up to 47% of people with IBD will develop what are called “extraintestinal manifestations,” or EIMs.

Pyrsopoulos: One of the extraintestinal manifestations of IBD is arthritis, which can be detected in up to 30% of IBD patients in the form of seronegative spondyloarthropathy.

If there's any diseases related to the IBD called extraintestinal manifestations such as skin, eye, or joint disease, we would take that into account with choosing a medication.

Mr. C’s IBD was stable until 6 months ago, when he experienced an exacerbation and began a course of steroids with combination antibiotic therapy with ciprofloxacin and metronidazole.