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My daughter is on high dose imuran. She actually has less illness on imuran that off.

We are still working on DH glucose levels. Now getting some 3.8's, having to eat in to get levels up before bed. Here is no rhyme or reason.

Sorry to hear Ron. Is medformin your only med . 15 doesn't sound good.

Any recent dental work?

She had been on minocycline for 12 months.

She has been off acne medication for 2 months. Actually wondering whether it's a reaction to stopping the medication.

Quick update on this for future reference Saw adult GI in late March, blood tests and faecal calprotecton were strongly negative. Stopped acne medication, iron and d. Week ago, thinking skin that bad need to restart acne medication. Fast forward to this week. Last Thursday, severe stomach...

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235738717_Minocycline_Far_beyond_an_antibiotic

"Dry cough" Do they have the cough all of the time? Has anyone tried treating the cough with a asthma medication preventer? My DD had a "nervous cough" no other symptoms of asthma. We got our asthma dx after a medication trail and the cough went away within days. My DS "cough was attention...

We actually had this discussion with our Gi as Sarah really want to be med free. This is what I remember from the discussion (it happened 3 years ago) 1. Year 12, due to stress during this year schooling. It is a common time for Crohn's to flare. - bad time to stop 2. There are a very small...

We have a our coldest winter day in 20 years with a top of 8C. Snow at 500m today in Victoria.

There are a number of causes for anemia. The most common is Iron-deficiency anemia, which iron infusion should help. Another is Anemia of Chronic Disease, where you need to treat the underlining disease. If the iron infusion are working you should see a rise in hemoglobin and ferritin. If...

From our experience the lower level you can get for faecal calprotectin is <19 and above 50 is high. So less <19 meaning no imflammation at all. These are results for myself and my youngest daughter.

So sorry for your loss

We used Zostri HP.

High dose pred?

It does sound like orthostatic hypotension. If it they usually know they are going faint before they do, and need to get themself in a safe position . Eg closer to the ground. Faint doesn't usually result to injury and the fall can.

**bumping** I am bumping this for parents with children with ususually presentations. Not all these cases will turn out to be Crohn's but keep looking for answers. Look at other possibilities remember this a Crohn's forum, and Crohn's is alway at the front of our minds. There are other...

My daughter has small bowel Crohn's which is 20cm higher that colonscopy can reach. Hopefully the MRI will give you answers. If you believe he is bad enough to go to the ER or GP take him in but don't expect to get treatment as you have no dx. If don't you may the respond that the pain...

We also had a ultrasound which showed thickening of the bowel. The ultrasound report recommended that the next step if there was clinical reason to believe IBD was a possibility was to do a MRI. If the area where they believe thickening is high in the small bowel it maybe higher than a...