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    Moonface caused by corticosteroids: when will it generally go away?

    I have been using Budesonide for about a year (3x3mg/day for 3 months and then 9 months of 2x3mg/dag) and a few weeks ago I phased out of using the medication. However, even though around the time of the phasing out I was in a caloric defecit and having lost around 8 kilograms in the months...
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    Awful smell around buttocks but no fistulas

    I do not have any cracks, maybe some other kind of inflammation in the membranes, but I still have to see a dedicated proctologist about all of that. Sorry to hear about your condition, and you are right in that whatever this is, it makes life quite difficult and a lot of people, doctors as...
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    Awful smell around buttocks but no fistulas

    Hello, I forgot that I posted in this international thread as well. I am doing much better now. A year's use of Budesonide has helped to get the pain away and my feces are almost completely normal as well. Their smell is not so bad. No confirmation of remission, though I haven't spoken my CD...
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    Awful smell around buttocks but no fistulas

    I am a college student of 23 years old and I had food poisoning in May of 2019 and after many unproductive visits to the general practitioner I was sent to the hospital and was diagnosed with a light variation of Crohn's disease. It has been said that Crohn's disease patients can generally have...
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