Chest and throat infections on Humira and effect on bowel

[Janaway73]

Hi my name is Paul and I'm from Newcastle. I'm new to this site but I've had Crohn's disease for 20 years now.

This topic may have been covered before but I'm just feeling my way around the site at the minute so forgive me if this is a repeat of an older thread.

I'm on Humira and I'm quite prone to chest and throat infections. When I do get an infection my gut always gets a lot worse with increased diarrhoea and stomach pain. I was wondering if anyone else experienced a worsening of their condition if they picked up an infection?

Thanks

 

[CeeCeeGo]

Hi Janaway
I haven't experienced a chest infection since being diagnosed with CD last year. As we are both in the same part of the world, I just wanted to say Hello and welcome to the forum

 

[Spooky1]

I have done nothing but cough since i was on humira. i also had swine flu at the same time though and this chesty cough, which is severe, has been with me around 3 years. i came off the humira after some months as my throat swelled up and i couldn't swallow anything for quite some days after injecting. others swear by how good humira is. Yes, my crohns is still very bad, but i don't know whether its the cough