Hi everyone.
Had AS for 10 years with several flare ups a year in the hips, lower back and lower ribs. Have managed flare ups with anti inflammatory breathing exercises and more recently with prohealix (peptide) for the bad flare ups.
A month ago I started getting a pain in my stomach to the right side of my belly button. The pain was only early morning around 4am for a few hours until I got out of bed.
For 2 weeks this happened every morning. Then 2 weeks later the pain moved and is now in random areas all over my stomach. Also a lot of what feels like intestinal twitching. Again mostly early morning while still sleeping but bad days can feel pain or twitching several times during the day as well.
Docs have had theories ranging from pancreatitis too constipation(going every second day without effort). No real mention of it being related to AS until I asked. But no further testing was ordered, just “try some anti inflammatories”.
Ultrasound and ct scan showed nothing.
I have since read that AS can cause celiac and other stomach issues.
Wondering if others have had similar symptoms and what the diagnosis was.
Thanks