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    Diet during flare?

    Hi everyone, I have had Crohn's Disease for 10 years and I'm currently in my toughest flare yet. We have bounced from different medications - Remicade, Skyrizi, and now Rinvoq (I'm a week into it). I'm also on Prednisone, and I started to feel a little better so we reduced to 30mg, and now I'm...
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    Help With CT Scan Results?

    Hi everyone, I've had Crohn's for 10 years now and am currently in an active flare (confirmed on colonoscopy and biopsies). We also did a CT scan and I'm a little confused about the results. It says mild inflammation but then also says some segments of my ileum are "severely involved" and I was...
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    Very high fecal calprotectin, but normal scopes?

    Hi everyone. Been diagnosed with Crohns since 2012, and have been in a presumed flare for the last couple months. Here's the weird thing. My fecal calprotectin is at 1,250 but my colonoscopy, endoscopy, and CT scan ALL came back normal (but waiting on biopsies still). Anyone been in this...
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    High Calprotectin, Negative MRI

    For about a month now, I've been experiencing what feels like a Crohn's flare (i've had it for 5 years -- for me the symptoms are a mix of diarrhea, constipation, night sweats, fatigue, abdominal pain). I just recently went through a ton of stress -- got laid off from my job and had to move to a...
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    Blood Clots?

    I was coughing up blood this weekend, which was scary since it's never happened to me before. My doctor told me to go to ER, and I was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in lung). It's a small one. My gastroenterologist said that sometimes active Crohn's inflammation can cause...
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    Confused About Test Results

    Hello, My name's Elise. I'm new to the forum - well, sort of - you can say I've lurked these forums for a long time, but this is the first time I made an account and started posting. I've had Crohn's Disease for 5 years. I was diagnosed in my early 20s. I also have Celiac Disease, which I was...
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    Confused About Test Results

    Hello, My name's Elise. I'm new to the forum - well, sort of - you can say I've lurked these forums for a long time, but this is the first time I made an account and started posting. I've had Crohn's Disease for 5 years. I was diagnosed in my early 20s. I also have Celiac Disease, which I was...
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