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Thanks for your reply and prayer. I too am praying that the antibiotics can kick it in to touch. I'm off work for now so have got time to rest up a bit. They haven't said whether they think it was an actual result of the azaipthaine, but they did take me straight off it. I personally am...

Hi Ihurt, thanks for your reply. Yes, I'm now being seen by the vascular team as well as the gastro team. They haven't informed me of which type it is but they must know themselves as it went to the microbiologists to determine on which antibiotic to use. I will ask when I'm next in. It was...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I've recently being discharged from hospital after 3 weeks having being diagnosed with Aortitis. I've had a pic line fitted and getting 100ml IV erthapenam antibiotic for 6 weeks, but apparently, even though...

Hi, I've recently being discharged from hospital having being diagnosed with Aortitis. I've had a pic line fitted and getting 100ml IV erthapenam antibiotic for 6 weeks, but apparently, even though the aorta is the main blood supply, the vessel itself receives very little blood. This is...

My partner is in hospital at the moment. He has Crohns disease, but currently diagnosed with Aortitis, which has been caused by a bacterial infection due to Crohns disease. A very worrying time. Partner having high levels of antibiotics as well as Crohns medication.

Hello ihurt, I don't mean to hijack your thread at all but I've recently being experiencing some similar problems. I've spoken with my Gastro yesterday and she is considering something more than just crohns at bay, and has mentioned the possibility of urinary/bladder problems and a possible...

It was after speaking on the phone today. She's asked me to come in tomorrow so I guess she'll be taking a sample then. Do you know if a urine infection can cause back pain?

my gastro has just suggested that I may be experiencing something other than crohns which could possibly be a urinary infection. My pains spread from back to hip to groin.

I find it can relieve the pain when I sit up in bed instead of lying down

My MRI scan showed a degenerative disc in my lower back, the specialist said it was due to my crohns and wanted me to focus on getting my crohns sorted primarily as he didn't view this as a separate issue.

I've started to wonder whether my back pain maybe kidney or digestive related, or whether it is just the crohns. I tend to suffer with it mostly in the mornings and less so as the day progresses. But yep, it is hard to know what's causing it.

I've experienced progressive lower and middle back pain from my crohns over the past year or so. I've only just started on Aza so still awaiting any possible side effects from the drug itself. Co0Dydramol helps with my back pain.

The Vicodin will definitely cause constipation. I'm prescribed Co-dydramol and get constipated whenever I'm on it but find I'm very loose when I don't take it.

Can anyone advise me on whether or not I should continue taking Vitamin C Effervescent 1000mg-2000mg a day now that I have started today on Azathpioprine? Surely it is conflicting in the sense that one is taken to strengthen the immune system while the other is taken to suppress it.

I've just started on 100mg of Azathioprine a day, feeling a bit apprehensive about supressing my immune system as I'm already anaemic and a bit susceptible to virus/illness. And also all the possible side effects of the drug itself. I take 1000-2000mg of Vitamin C a day to try and boost my...

I'm starting on Azathioprine today, feeling a little apprehensive about suppressing my immune system and all the possible side effects. I'm staying on steroids for 4 to 6 weeks while it kicks in, and also staying on Pentasa, even though it doesn't seem to do much. Thanks to everyone who has...

Blimey... that's some serious surgery. How is it now after having had it all?

For me, what happens when I don't treat my Crohns at the moment I go almost straight into intense imflammation. It's so intense I feel it leaves me with no alternative but to treat it. Hope you can get in to remission :hug:

Hi Hainman, I really appreciate you replying. When you talk about 'surgery', what has that entailed? I guess they'd make me try the alternative treatments available before going for any surgery. One things for sure, I don't want to stay on predisolone indefinitely, but at the moment I don't...

I'm stuck on Pred at the moment. If I try to come off it I'm straight in to intense flaring. I've got a duct that is blocked(semen), and I get pain in my lower left abdomen. The Pentasa on it's own does nothing for me. I've got my first appointment with the specialist gastro I've been...