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  1. Lady Organic

    Rectal corticoid foam, is it available where you live?

    I am wondering if people in Canada or in the USA have access to hydrocortisone acetate foam. Where I live its totally discontinued unfortunately. Even cortisone enemas have just recently been discontinued. They used to be called Cortifoam and Cortenema. thank you!
  2. Lady Organic

    Combo therapy and covid vaccine, anyone had a serology test confirming immunization?

    Has anyone who takes a biologic (Humira, remicade) + immunosuppressant (Aza (Imuran), 6-mp (purinethol) or methotrexate) has had the covid vaccine and had a serology test afterwards?
  3. Lady Organic

    Secure-IBD Covid-19 data base

    Surveillance Epidemiology of Coronavirus Under Research Exclusion (SECURE-IBD) is an international, pediatric and adult database to monitor and report on outcomes of COVID-19 occurring in IBD patients. What is the purpose of this registry? The goals of the registry is to rapidly define the...
  4. Lady Organic

    Actor Chadwick Boseman died from colon cancer at 43

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/08/29/chadwick-boseman-death-colon-cancer-increasing-among-young-people/5667079002/ Inflammatory bowel disease is one of the most important risk factors leading to colorectal cancer. Don't let your disease untreated for long periods of time, even...
  5. Lady Organic

    Implications of the Westernized Diet in the Onset and Progression of IBD

    article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6566788/ Abstract Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are currently considered multifactorial pathologies in which various combined environmental factors act on a genetic background, giving rise to a chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal...
  6. Lady Organic

    Terminal ileitis is not always Crohn’s disease

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959324/ Abstract Chronic inflammation in the terminal ileum (TI) suggests a cause for the patient’s symptoms, especially when the clinical suspicion is Crohn’s disease (CD). Clinic, laboratory, endoscopic, histopathological evaluation of patients is...
  7. Lady Organic

    Proton Pump Inhibitors Tied to COVID-19 Risk

    Along with previous Thread on PPI and microscopic colitis: Significant Association Between the Use of Different Proton Pump Inhibitors and Microscopic Colitis...
  8. Lady Organic

    Confirming the link between Celiac disease and IBD : meta-analysis

    https://crohnsandcolitis.ca/News-Events/News-Releases/Confirming-the-Link-between-Celiac-Disease-and-IBD https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(20)30609-0/pdf?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gastrojournal.org%2Farticle%2FS0016-5085%2820%2930609-0%2Ffulltext
  9. Lady Organic

    The Risk of Covid-19 in Immunosuppressed IBD Patients

    The Risk of SARS-CoV-2 in Immunosuppressed IBD Patients https://academic.oup.com/crohnscolitis360/article/2/2/otaa026/5820482 Abstract This is a rapid review of the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the risk of symptomatic cases of COVID-19, and the severity of these cases in IBD patients...
  10. Lady Organic

    Vulval Crohn’s Disease

    I can only imagine how many women, even if this is a rare symptom of the disease, can suffer in silence or without answers. Some of the most common symptoms of vulval CD are itching, swelling and soreness of the vulva. These symptoms could be easily self- doctor- misdiagnosed as benign...
  11. Lady Organic

    Fruit consumption may help with prevention of pouchitis

    ''Diet-Microbiome Interactions and the Risk of Pouchitis in Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis '' https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjz136/5586643 From the article: '' The key findings were that in the subgroup without pouchitis at baseline [n = 39], there was a...
  12. Lady Organic

    History of perianal fistulizing lesions in patients with elderly-onset Crohn's disease: a population-based study.

    Natural history of perianal fistulizing lesions in patients with elderly-onset Crohn's disease: a population-based study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31637413 These results are concerning for old age. Only a minority of elderly patients with perianal-fistulizing seem to be treated with...
  13. Lady Organic

    Flare after 6 month of succes with Humira, what's the next step?

    Hey guys, I entered full remission very rapidly in last January fallowing my first shots of Humira. Unfortunately, since a week, I notice a return of symptoms and I can now confirm its a flare in the rectum again. I will call my IBD team leater today to let them know. I have read Humira can be...
  14. Lady Organic

    Keeping Immunosuppressant along with Humira?

    Hey guys! im currently on humira and im doing super well. My GI would like that I stop 6-MP in the near future. his main concern is the fact that I had issues with pre-cancerous cervical lesions a few years back which required laser intervention. He doesnt like it at all and would prefer I stop...
  15. Lady Organic

    Fruit consumption is associated with alterations in microbial composition and lower rates of pouchitis

    ''Fruit consumption is associated with alterations in microbial composition and lower rates of pouchitis'' https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjz053/5368949?redirectedFrom=fulltext Abstract Background Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) that...
  16. Lady Organic

    Anti-TNF Levels in Cord Blood at Birth are Associated with Anti-TNF Type

    Anti-TNF Levels in Cord Blood at Birth are Associated with Anti-TNF Type https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/article/12/8/939/4996399 Abstract Background and Aims: Pregnancy guidelines for women with inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] provide recommendations regarding anti-TNF cessation during...
  17. Lady Organic

    Anti-TNF Levels in Cord Blood at Birth are Associated with Anti-TNF Type

    ''Anti-TNF Levels in Cord Blood at Birth are Associated with Anti-TNF Type'' https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/article/12/8/939/4996399 Abstract Background and Aims: Pregnancy guidelines for women with inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] provide recommendations regarding anti-TNF cessation...
  18. Lady Organic

    Significant Association Between the Use of Different Proton Pump Inhibitors and Microscopic Colitis

    Significant Association Between the Use of Different Proton Pump Inhibitors and Microscopic Colitis: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/902429?src=wnl_tp10n_181108_mscpedit&uac=245498HV&impID=1794050&faf=1 Abstract Background: Microscopic colitis causes chronic watery diarrhoea and has...
  19. Lady Organic

    Effectiveness and safety of vedolizumab in adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease

    ''A real-world, long-term experience on effectiveness and safety of vedolizumab in adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease: The Cross Pennine study.'' https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30077465 Abstract BACKGROUND: Real-life data on vedolizumab effectiveness in inflammatory bowel...
  20. Lady Organic

    Ultraviolet Irradiation of Skin Alters the Faecal Microbiome Independently of Vitamin D in Mice.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30103486 Abstract Reduced sunlight exposure has been associated with an increased incidence of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The effect of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) on the faecal microbiome and susceptibility to colitis has not been explored...
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