More than 40% of patients with IBD screened positive for joint pain in a multicenter study, yet few patients had seen a rheumatologist in the past year.
There was no difference in the risk for hypertension between patients with axial spondylarthritis who were high and low NSAID users, according to new data.
The draft recommendations are a good first step, but more awareness around axial spondyloarthritis in the non-rheumatology community is also needed to improve diagnosis, one expert said.