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The color of blood you see can actually indicate where the bleeding might be coming from. Bright red blood usually means bleeding that’s low in your colon or rectum. Dark red or maroon blood can mean that you have bleeding higher in the colon or in the small bowel. Melena (dark and tar-like...

Could also be some kind of tendon inflammation unrelated to IBD and due to mechanical issues in foot or ankle. Two main tendons pass in the inside ankle to support the whole plantar arch and feet, lots of stress can be put in this region of the foot/ankle. A physiotherapist is a good...

''His biopsies 4 years ago showed inflammation throughout, with mild active inflammation in the esophagus and TI, mild inactive inflammation in the duodenum and stomach, and moderate active inflammation in the right and left colon.'' The medication your child has been put on, mesalamine and...

There's a big red warning in the middle of the Liver cleanse Guide article : '' Never cleanse when you are ill. ''

Fecal calprotectine is not a diagnosis tool and a elevated number doesnt sign a IBD diagnosis. It does indicate the presence of inflammation in the GI track. A colonoscopy is the tool to verify what going on once a patient has that kind of FC result along with the clinical symptoms you...

Hi there and welcome, I am sorry for your issues. Blood in stools and a 332 FC number is high enough to order for a colonoscopy. I already had numbers lower than that when my IBD was active. What test did you take already?

Thats great news! Humira worked for me too very fast!

Great! How are you now?

I once had an H that lasted about a year. Annoying, but not painful. I tried sitz bath and different creams including prescribed cortisone ones (to be inserted), as mine was like semi-internal. It just eventually went away mostly on its own. Hopefully, yours will resume soon!

Hi there and welcome to the forum! Do you have regular dentist visits? What does the dentist think? Bleeding or inflamed (red swollen) gums are common in people who do not floss on a daily basis, IBD or not. For your fatigue state, how's your lifestyle and level of stress in general, low or...

very interesting Dr Robynne Chatkan, thanks! Sounds like she prescribes SCD/Paleo / IBD-AID type of diets and encourages mediation/relaxation. Hopefully this doctor will eventually come up with a book resuming the paths of her IBD patients who get better. Too bad she is now in private practice...

It is great that you are doing much better. However, an all carnivore diet is never a diet I would believe to be healthy for a human being in the long term. These are extreme diets that have never been studied and the long term effects of these on global health are unknown. Testimonies of a few...

Never tried an immunosupressor such as Imuran (aza), purinethol or methotrexate? This is a classic category of medication that are used in IBD, that existed before biologic agents such as Remicade or Stelara. These medication can show signs of effectiveness within 6 to 8 weeks. You could give it...

Thanks for sharing your story Junae 11 and welcome to the forum:) Seems like you have been through a lot over all these years! Wishing you all the best!

yes Vit B12 is absorbed in the ileum. Its common for crohn's patient to need B12 supplementation. Thats my case. Yes a full colonoscopy involves getting all the way up to the ileum. The GI will be able to see it. IBD can have mild, moderate or severe presentation and course. I just read about...

Hopefully you get a better GI this time who will do full investigation to understand whats going on in your insides. -What a weird answer you got from the GI who scoped you, I never heard that one... usually GI will stop a scope if the patient is (even under sedation) awake because of extreme...

Thanks for sharing Jo-mom. Sounds like we get something similar indeed, I too feel weak a few hours after the morning attack. My primary doc prescribed me a medication for migraine this summer but I didnt try it yet. (Im always reluctant of trying new medication) so I keep using the advils and...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31921355/ from the article: ''As PPMS often causes only subtle symptoms in the beginning and early treatment discontinuation of anti-TNF-α therapy seems essential to improve the patient's outcome'' Im on humira too. no side effect in 2 years. However coming to...

I have never heard of liquide budesonide, but a pharmacist could help you with this question!

Yes, especially methotrexate is a medication used also for IBD... You mentionned you had a sigmoidoscopy only once correct? - Post azathiopurine?- Anyhow, a sigmo is not enough to rule out inflammation in the colon. A very common spot for disease involvement is at the end of a full scope, at...