I've posted here just a couple of times, and I'm back wondering if anyone has any input for me. My daughter is 17, has had Crohn's for 2 yrs now, and has been on Remicade almost that long.
Since February she has had a recurrent peri-rectal abscess that we can't get a handle on. Each time, they have placed a drain, which would drain out the pus, then it would heal, drain would come out, and in about 3-4 weeks, it would come back. The last drain they placed, we decided to leave in for a "long" time. Over the last few days my daughter noticed that the drainage is more serosanguinous, not the pus like drainage she had before. She also said she can feel the abscess forming and moving up, away from the drain.
We are in the process of starting 6mp to hopefully get this under control. One thing we noticed is that there is a direct correlation between her monthly cycles, and when the abscess recurs. I'm convinced it isn't a coincidence, it has happened 4 times this year, and once last year.
Obviously, I'll be calling her docs in the morning, and we will start the rounds again--we've had IV and by mouth antibiotics, a few MRI's, 2 surgeries to place drains, and one placed in the office. Is there something I'm missing here? How come we can't get this thing solved? At 17 she is really not thrilled to be dealing with this!
Since February she has had a recurrent peri-rectal abscess that we can't get a handle on. Each time, they have placed a drain, which would drain out the pus, then it would heal, drain would come out, and in about 3-4 weeks, it would come back. The last drain they placed, we decided to leave in for a "long" time. Over the last few days my daughter noticed that the drainage is more serosanguinous, not the pus like drainage she had before. She also said she can feel the abscess forming and moving up, away from the drain.
We are in the process of starting 6mp to hopefully get this under control. One thing we noticed is that there is a direct correlation between her monthly cycles, and when the abscess recurs. I'm convinced it isn't a coincidence, it has happened 4 times this year, and once last year.
Obviously, I'll be calling her docs in the morning, and we will start the rounds again--we've had IV and by mouth antibiotics, a few MRI's, 2 surgeries to place drains, and one placed in the office. Is there something I'm missing here? How come we can't get this thing solved? At 17 she is really not thrilled to be dealing with this!