Search results
Help Support Crohn's Disease Forum:
-
C
Newly diagnosed, and with fistula and abscess
Wow! I am overwhelmed by the help and support you have all given. We have our first post hospital doctors visit with a partner of the surgeon who was assigned to us in the hospital. According to our surgeon, his partner has lot of experience with Crohn's. With the information that everyone... -
C
Newly diagnosed, and with fistula and abscess
Right way to pack? Thank you for moving my post. I'm so new at this, I don't even know the mechanics of a forum! KWalker, we are packing the abscess with 1/2 inch plain packing strip soaked in gentamicin. We irrigate the hole and external wound with gentamicin first and then packed with... -
C
Newly diagnosed, and with fistula and abscess
This is my first post. I'm the mother of an 18 year old who was just diagnosed with Crohn's. Her first symptom was an abscess with a fistula. Of course, we didn't know what it was at first. It ruptured on its own, but the abscess was packed by a PA in the surgeons office. After 4 weeks, she...