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Thank you so much for the detailed info! I really appreciate it. It is difficult with this age group to get them to understand that even though they cant see the damage being done that it is there. Yes, I will try to get him on here to read from people who are living exactly what he is. He...

DS is 18 w/Crohns Ileitis diagnosed about 1yr ago after 60# wgt loss, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain (symptoms began more than a year prior to dx including malnutrition due to malabsorption thus anemia, vit d def etc...). All the 'typical' tests were done upper and lower to make...

DS is 18 and diagnosed w/Crohns ileitis. Since then he was put on pentasa, uceris, now 6MP & Canasa suppositories. We have been thru ups and downs in 18 months with other symptoms that he never had before: terrible migraines, erythema nodosum in the lower legs, and just yesterday uveitis. My...

Thank you both!! No Flagyl for him (or any antibiotics). Pentasa is the first trial of anything for him. He has always vomited and had "upper" symptoms as well as "lower" symptoms. The Pentasa seems to be helping with the abd pain and changing the BM consistency. The prilosec and carafate...

Hello, I am new to the forum. My Son (18) was just diagnosed with Crohn's after 1 year of weight loss (60#), abdominal pain, continuous vomiting, dehydration, diarrhea (not necessarily more frequent but just could never become formed).....eventually took him to the ER and labs were all over...