Hi -
I haven't been on here in awhile. My son has had Crohn's for 3 years now - he's 9. He is finally well-controlled on Humira and Imuran.
Now, the problem is my daughter. She is 11. She went thru a 10-day high fever. She had some stomach pain, and diarrhea, but no other symptoms. After a week of the fever, the dr ran a CBC, Sed Rate, and Crp. Both Sed Rate and CRP were elevated. They wanted another CRP 24 hours later to see which direction it was heading. It doubled to 100. Because of the family history, and no other distinct cause, they ordered a Fecal Calprotectin. It came back at 1102. When my son was so sick and throwing up daily for 3 months, his came back in the 800s, so I'm very concerned. This is also how my son started out - with a very prolonged fever. We need to make an appt with a GI dr. But I guess what I'm wondering.....is there any chance this isn't IBD??
Thanks!
Shannon
I haven't been on here in awhile. My son has had Crohn's for 3 years now - he's 9. He is finally well-controlled on Humira and Imuran.
Now, the problem is my daughter. She is 11. She went thru a 10-day high fever. She had some stomach pain, and diarrhea, but no other symptoms. After a week of the fever, the dr ran a CBC, Sed Rate, and Crp. Both Sed Rate and CRP were elevated. They wanted another CRP 24 hours later to see which direction it was heading. It doubled to 100. Because of the family history, and no other distinct cause, they ordered a Fecal Calprotectin. It came back at 1102. When my son was so sick and throwing up daily for 3 months, his came back in the 800s, so I'm very concerned. This is also how my son started out - with a very prolonged fever. We need to make an appt with a GI dr. But I guess what I'm wondering.....is there any chance this isn't IBD??
Thanks!
Shannon