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    Common yeast may worsen IBD symptoms in Crohn's disease

    https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-03-common-yeast-worsen-ibd-symptoms.html
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    A Trojan horse against autoimmune diseases

    good news !! A Trojan horse against autoimmune diseases I'm using google translate because I don't find this news in english.
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    remission after starting humira !

    Hurray ! After my surgery to remove a stricture, last october, I thought I would be symptoms free for a few years. It didn't work that way... just a few weeks after, I started to have flare-up symptoms, it lasted 1 month, then it was like rollercoaster, 2 weeks going better, 2 bad weeks, you...
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    Question about Folic Acid...

    Do you need really to take folic acid with MX for the treatment ? Or it is only to reduce side effects ? if I have no side effects, can I choose to not take folic acid or I should take it anyway ? thanks
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    What is the effect of Humira without Azathioprine

    Hi I should start Humira in a few weeks, I think that most people are using Humira with Azathioprine. I'm azathioprine intolerant (same for Mercaptopurine), So I'm wondering what happen when you don't take both together !? Is Humira less effective without Azathioprine ? or it will not last...
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    Symptoms 3 weeks after surgery... what do you think ?

    Hi, I'm 36, I had my third operation for my birthday, 3 weeks ago. Bowel resection, ileocecal. I already lost the ileocecal junction 7 years ago. This time, it was a strictures (stenosis) at the same place (junction), and I had bowel obstruction continually for the last year and I lost 35 lbs...
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    Anyone ever had an endoscopic balloon dilation ?

    Hi short story : I'm 35, 14 years ago (I was 21) I was operated for an intestinal perforation (caused by Crohn's disease). Never had any symptom before, and then I learned I had Crohn. I was fine for a 1-2 years and then I started to have abdominal pain, it was sooo painfull, unbelievable...
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