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    Achilles tendon enthesitis caused from crohn's disease

    Hi kiltubrid,thanks for your reply.I'm still strangling with the same issue .I have been visited many reumo and orthopedic surgeons .None of them is sure what cause the pain .The thing is that I have a local inflammation right in the insertional sight of the Achilles tendon in the calcaneum and...
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    Whether to wait or not..!

    Yes , Reumy said we should add Mtx for SpA in the next appointment, but most of all because we want to prevent the development of Humira's andibodies .I wasn't convinced for a second immunosuppresant since I decided I'm going to to have a surgery for both my feet for enthesitis (as there is...
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    Whether to wait or not..!

    Hi everyone...I would like to get some advice from your personal expiriencies .I have Crohn's disease since 2009.Recently I had a bad flare and after a while I was dx with entheropathic SpA... so my GI and Reymy put me on Humira (I've been on it for almost 2,5 months ).By now,Humira does...
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    Achilles tendon enthesitis caused from crohn's disease

    So,I guess I have to wait much more to see how it goes.I hope Humira would be the right treatment even if it takes so long.At least I hope there would be a small difference after the second injection maybe...don't know....I wish this thing come to its end soon!!
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    Achilles tendon enthesitis caused from crohn's disease

    6 months seems a lot for me considering that 3 months has passed since the enthesitis started and i just had the first injection of humira.Feeling confused about the terminology of entheropathic arthritis that Rheumo gave me .I don't suffer from joint's pain at all.My problem is the Achille's...
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    Achilles tendon enthesitis caused from crohn's disease

    Yes ,my Reumatologist prescribed Humira for both ERA and crohn ,but my GI said the dose was wrong - i should have taken 160 mg as initial dose instead of 80 mg. Anyway ,he said he will correct the doses later if its neccasery. Yesterday ,orthopedist said Humira needs at least 2 months to work...
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    Achilles tendon enthesitis caused from crohn's disease

    Hi everyone! I was diagnosed with crohn's disease before 11 years. My doctors used to say it was a mild situation by now. Unfortunately this May I went at ER with a lot of abdominal pain ,low fever , 10-12 diarrheas /24h (along with mucus) .The doctors said my Crohn's flared up ,as all the...
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