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None of the doctors we've seen think his PFAPA (it stands for Periodic Fever, Adenitis, and APhthous Stomatitis) is a Crohn's flare, I suppose based on the nature of the symptoms and how regularly he gets them. I just think it's coincidental that it started occurring after he began the...

Our son was diagnosed with PFAPA a few months after starting Azathioprine for his Crohn's Disease (he's had a diagnosis for 7 yrs now), and I was wondering if anyone else had a kid with this syndrome in conjunction with IBD., or if it could be related to the Aza, which seems to be working well...

ps -- that being said, of course every time one of my healthy kids gets a stomach bug or an unexplained fever, I start wondering.... it's so easy to get paranoid!

One of my four children has Chrohn's (diagnosed at 3 1/2 yrs old; he's now 10), and we suspect that our now 3-yr-old may have issues, too... but, until there are symptoms (bowel problems or growth slowing, inflammation, etc), I think it's time wasted worrying - I'm of the opinion that any of our...

My son (he's 10) has been taking aza for about two years now, and he's done really well on it... he's on 75mg a day, but it's based on weight, so it makes sense that you should be on more. He doesn't have any day to day side effects, just regular bloodwork to make sure his liver is processing...