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My son was just put on Pentesa - 3 x 500mg / 2x a day. His appetite has been suppressed and he vomits in the morning. He is starting to feel a lot better; however, he is still having diahrrea throughout the day. His stools are greenish in color and sometimes have form to them. The good...

My son who was recently diagnosed with Crohn's is starting remicade on Wed. His doctor believes in the Step-down approach and we are going to try it. He was categorized as med - severe case and has been out of school for 5 weeks. He just returned this week after a week of high steroid dose...

My son is taking a probiotic everyday. I am going to pull gluten out of his diet today. I already pulled egg and dairy out. He is on Prednisone (60mg). His crohn's is in the lower part of the small intestine (ileum). We are leaning towards Remicade as a treatment plan. My husband went to...

It has been a week on 60mg of Prednisone and no relief, so we are going to have a CT Scan on Monday to make sure nothing else is going on (strictures, etc). We have had the preliminary tests done for 6mp or Remicade. Results should be back next week, so we can start a treatment plan. Our appt...

Thank you everyone! We just got back from visiting with our doctor after receiving the Crohn's diagnosis on Friday. So much to think about. He has 10cm of inflammation in his small intestine. He has been on 60mg of prednisone since Friday and has not seen much relief in pain. Because of...

I had a similar story with my son and ADHD 3 years ago. I tried Gluten free and casein free diet on my son, but he was losing too much weight and we had to take him off of it. Fast forward....my son was just diagnosed with Crohn's Disease on Friday and we are starting a new journey. I just...

The last month has been horrible for him. As of today he is currently taking 60mg of prednisone with homes that the inflammation will go down in the next several weeks. He is also taking .125mg of levsin (an anti-spasm) medication. I forgot to mention during this journey the doctors found he...

Hi , I am new to this forum. My son was just diagnosed with Crohn's disease today after many weeks of severe diarhhea and extreme stomach pain. After a colonoscopy, endoscopy of the esophagus and finally a small bowel through test the doctor found a inflammed area in his small intestine. The...