ALLERGY and crohn's pollen season can cause worsening symptoms

[my little penguin]

Results
Twenty-three of 37 or 62% of patients tested positive to at least one environmental allergen. Twenty-one or 57% of patients had rhinitis and 2 patients had asthma. Sensitivity to seasonal allergens was identified in 46% of patients (ragweed 27%, grass 24%, trees 35% and mold 19%). The majority of patients with sensitivity to seasonal allergens had small bowel involvement (82%). 100% of CD patients with seasonal allergy were diagnosed before age 40.

Conclusions
There is a high prevalence of environmental allergy in patients with CD. Small bowel involvement and diagnosis prior to age 40 were characteristic clinical features. The high rate of pollen and mold allergy may play a role in seasonal exacerbations of CD.

from:
http://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(04)00472-5/abstract

Increased prevalence of environmental allergy in patients with Crohn's disease

 

[DustyKat]

So a daily antihistamine would be prudent?

Dusty.

 

[my little penguin]

Depends.....
If you have mild allergies
Or fit in the my whole body freaks out during pollen season category

DS fits the latter.
He takes daily stuff plus shots
But his crohn's still goes berserk during the spring

 

[DustyKat]

Sarah doesn't suffer with allergies but Matt certainly has seasonal issues that I wouldn't classify as bad. I think I will have him take something each day come Spring.

Thanks mlp.

 

[Tesscorm]

May just have been coicidental but bfr Stephen was diagnosed, for approx 2 mos, his symptoms wud come for a few days and then go away for a few days, but there was never more than 2-4 days between symptoms returrning. At one point, his GP gave him Cipro to fight off whatever he had, he reacted with hives so we stopped and had to start him on benedryl for a few days - following the benedryl, he went without symptoms for almost 3 weeks. As he only had two cipro tablets, I don't think they cud have relieved the symptoms to that degree; I've always thot the benedryl somehow helped.

 

[Sascot]

Andrew has hayfever for a few months around April to September so tends to take an antihistamine. Haven't noticed an increase in symptoms for Crohn's though, although difficult to tell since he doesn't get tummy pain or diarrhea.