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My husband was about 29 when he was diagnosed, he is now 35 and doing great, he is only on pentasa and calcium tablets. he cant eat egg white as that triggers a flare for him. My son has an area in his stomach, ileum and his anus. He can eat almost anything as i cant pinpoint any foods that...

yea my son is small for his age and like your son he hasnt lost any weight, maybe gained couple of ounces but thats it. He also had a dexa scan which looked at his bones, all lookes ok, thank goodness. My son has a bit of crohns in his stomach too but as i said before he seems to be doing fine...

Hi BoyMama2000, your story sounds exactly like my son too. MY son was diagnosed last year with crohns after tests including barium, colonoscopy, endoscopy and camera capsule. He showed no signs either, his poos were normal and regular and had the odd sore tum. He did have an abcess by his anus...

Hi sunny, my son didnt show alot of symtoms really apart from a sore bum which was a fistula, i didnt think he had crohns as a few years back i also had anal fistula and i dont have crohns. He did have bloated tummy and the odd sore tummy but that was it. Because i was so worried about the...

awww bless her, i really hope you get it sorted really soon, its awful when they have tummy pains etc and not a thing we can do. My husband also has crohns, his is also mild and been that way for years too. So, has yr daughter not had any other tests rather than the bloods? We would never have...

Hi Nataliekim, at the very beginning my son had anal fistula and had surgery on that, at this ppoint we didnt know he had crohns ( few years back i had anal fistula and surgery and i dont have crohns so didnt think really). Anyways, his surgery went good and there was no more problems. Few...

Waiting to find out if my 8 year olds bloods are fine now that he is on his therapeutic level of 6mp. His last bloods showed one of the inflammation markers werent at the level they wanted it to be so his consultant wants the 6mp up to the maintenance dose now. Last time they upped it my son was...

from Scotland? Hi, Just wondered if there was any parents on here form Scotland with kids with Crohns? xxxx

Hi lola99, Glad you are feeling better with your medication, kian has 4 different areas with crohns, one being down at his anus, he had anal fistula which he had surgery on and it healed great, was treated with medical manuka honey, amazing stuff!! so far his bum been ok too, thank goodness!! xx

Hi Dexky, My sons name is Kian, 8 years old, a very active wee boy. Loves going out on his bike and playing around with his friends. Doing well at school too which im so proud of him for!! We also have another wee boy called Ethan, he is 6 years old, they both get along good, well, most of the...

thanks for the reply Cookie, im still learning about this condition even tho my husband has crohns too. he also has it mild altho at the beginning his diarhoea was awful, something that my son doesnt have either. so yes it makes sense what u just said about where the crohns is and the severity...

just a quick question?? Hi everyone, just a quick question, been reading alot of the stories on here and kids with blood in stools and passing alot of blood, ( my heart goes out to them) my sons has never ever had blood in his poo or passes blood, does this mean his crohns is mild and we have...

thanks guys for your comments. I hope all your children are well at this time too. dustykat my son takes salofalk 3x a day and 1ml of 6mp at bedtime. wishing you all the best. xx

Hi Everyone, my son was diagnosed last year with crohns. he is 8 years old and doin really good, thank goodness. He doesnt suffer with any symtoms at all and sometimes i wonder about it all?? He did heve biopsys taken when he had colonoscopy and endoscopy and he also had a camera capsule done...

Hi, my husband had awful trouble with his feet before he was diagnosed with crohns, he could barely walk sometimes. We now know that it was the crohns as can get joint pain with it. Once he started his meds he improved so much and to this day he has had no more probs. Our son also has recently...

yea i sometimes think to myself, does he really have crohns? but he has had all the tests, biopsys etc, im thinkin this way as as you said, he doesnt show any symptoms, theres no diarhoea, pains etc but its a different story inside i guess. hope u guys are doin well too. xx

Hi, my 8 year old son also has crohns and recently i have noticed he has red patchy marks on his legs, it does look so much like eczema( which he has had since a baby) so i have been applying mild steroid cream and diprobase. seems to be helping a little although i sometimes think it could be...

Hi everyone. hi everyone, im a mum to 8 year old boy who was diagnosed with crohns last year. It all started with him complaining with a sore bottom which ended up him having surgery for anal fistula. A few weeks later he was complaining of sore tum and i noticed he was really bloated around...