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Hi everyone
my son had surgery back in june done 8 weeks of module through ng tube. He stayed on azathioprine and is due his third infliximab infusion this Thursday. After his second infusion he had a few days of bleeding at each bm. This cleared up but since evrytime he has a bm it is very painful. The main side effect has been extreme fatigue. He is unable to do a full day at school and has joint pain to his foot mainly. The last number of weeks he has been saying that he feels full quickly and his appetite has been poor. he put on 2 kilos between the 1st and 2nd infusion but has not put anymore due to him not eating very well. I asked the gp to test his ferratin and vitamin levels along with the normal blood test he gets. So now they have came back his crp and esr are within normal range. His ferritin has came back at 8 which is supposed to be 30 and his vitamin d is borderline so his gp has given him vitamin d supplements. he is due to start these today. I just wanted to know if anyone has had same experience as this. I was expecting him to feel a lot better on the infliximab and aza combination. the fatigue is really getting him down and im concerned its not a good sign
my son had surgery back in june done 8 weeks of module through ng tube. He stayed on azathioprine and is due his third infliximab infusion this Thursday. After his second infusion he had a few days of bleeding at each bm. This cleared up but since evrytime he has a bm it is very painful. The main side effect has been extreme fatigue. He is unable to do a full day at school and has joint pain to his foot mainly. The last number of weeks he has been saying that he feels full quickly and his appetite has been poor. he put on 2 kilos between the 1st and 2nd infusion but has not put anymore due to him not eating very well. I asked the gp to test his ferratin and vitamin levels along with the normal blood test he gets. So now they have came back his crp and esr are within normal range. His ferritin has came back at 8 which is supposed to be 30 and his vitamin d is borderline so his gp has given him vitamin d supplements. he is due to start these today. I just wanted to know if anyone has had same experience as this. I was expecting him to feel a lot better on the infliximab and aza combination. the fatigue is really getting him down and im concerned its not a good sign