Hi all, saw a comment regarding joint pain HS on a recent post and wanted to know how many folks here are dealing with symptoms of chronic pain along with their HS?

Me: For the past few years I've been blaming COVID and work (restaurant cook) for the amount of physical pain I'm in. While these factors do play a significant part in it, I'm in muscle and joint pain enough after sitting down for 10 mins after work that I'm practically immobile. I realize COVID infection(s) make it worse and that there's really no difference whether it's from COVID or HS, but I am curious if the inflammation that causes HS flares is also responsible for chronic pain. I do get muscle injuries at work but this is general radiating pain all over the body and stiffness/pain in major joints that increases in severity with colder weather.