Hello
My 26 yr old son was diagnosed yesterday with Crohns in his colon so far. He is having a CT scan since they can't get the scope in further to check if it is elsewhere. He has had an ulcer in his mouth for near a month now as well.
They started him yesterday on 30mg prednisone. Reading here that might be too low? He is on that strength for 7 days then sees his GI doc again to evaluate how well he is tolerating it. She will adjust as needed and might at that time she said lower him to 20mg for another 7 days then 10mg etc. I assume while starting the first attempts at other meds. It is too new yet to know the plan. He is having more blood work in the morning at the hospital and that scan is to happen within the week too. I just wondered if that is an alright level of pred to start with in your experiences. He is covered in ulcers in his colon. The pictures were quite startling and scary.
My 26 yr old son was diagnosed yesterday with Crohns in his colon so far. He is having a CT scan since they can't get the scope in further to check if it is elsewhere. He has had an ulcer in his mouth for near a month now as well.
They started him yesterday on 30mg prednisone. Reading here that might be too low? He is on that strength for 7 days then sees his GI doc again to evaluate how well he is tolerating it. She will adjust as needed and might at that time she said lower him to 20mg for another 7 days then 10mg etc. I assume while starting the first attempts at other meds. It is too new yet to know the plan. He is having more blood work in the morning at the hospital and that scan is to happen within the week too. I just wondered if that is an alright level of pred to start with in your experiences. He is covered in ulcers in his colon. The pictures were quite startling and scary.
