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Recent content by eastman18

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    Calprotectin

    Guys is 55mg/kg calprotectin much? Yesterday i got that result, just two days after me and my family suffered enterovirus.
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    Salofalk and Pentasa

    Hello, crohnies. I wanted to ask you if salofalk only or pentasa only is effective treatment to relief your symptoms, or you should combine with something else?
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    False negative calprotectin

    Hello, I wanted to ask the crohnies here, is it possible to have multiple negative calprotectin tests (like 10-15 tests, 1 test every 3rd week of the month), without any medications, but to have active microscopic inflammation in TI or colon? We are talking about calprotecting values in the...
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    Tricyclic antidepressants

    Hello, currently i have IBS diagnose. I have low calpro, negative colonoscopy i and good blood test results. My question is: is it possible to have Crohn's disease and tricyclic antidepressants mask (hide) the symptoms. I am taking clomipramine and my diarrhoea stopped as well as my pain. But I...
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    Crohn's and antidepressants

    Hello for about an year i am struggling with terrible diarrhea and pain in my lower abdomen. After clear colonoscopy, calprotectin and blood work , doctors sent me to psychiatrist. He prescribed me anafranil (clomipramine) -tricyclic antidepressant. What was very strange was that my pain and...
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    Need your help

    Hello I am 20 years old male from Bulgaria. For the past 7 months i am having bad abdominal pain in my lower left and lower right abdomen. I sometimes have diarrhea (semi-liquid stools about 2 times a day , max 3 times) but most of the time i dont have. However I have a lot of gasses. My pain is...
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