Hi Alex,
Sorry for the late reply.
I haven’t been around of late but I have had a look over some of your other posts and see that your boy has a high FC but I am not overly familiar with the rest of your story, sorry. So based on the limited knowledge I have I will just make a few points/suggestions.
An elevated FC is not isolated to IBD but of course still means that something is going on inflammatory wise in the bowel.
If your son has had persistent symptoms then in my mind an elevated FC would be grounds to have scopes done, both upper and lower. I assume these have not be done and this would be something I would be asking the paediatric GI about in the following way: What are the likely causes of my son’s elevated FC and how to do we go about investigating those causes.
In IBD it is not unusual for children to have normal blood results. This therefore leaves you with two scenarios, that the results are indeed accurate or they are a red herring. My advice when you receiving normal results is this: If your son is well and bouncing about the place and the bloods reflect that then all well and good. If on the other hand however the results are normal and you are continuing to see symptoms then continue to push for answers.
Now, all that said his bloods aren’t actually normal if he is anaemic. Anaemia in IBD can be caused by a number of different pathways such as: bleeding in the bowel and bear in mind that even blood that isn’t visible to the naked eye can be sufficient to cause anaemia, disruption of iron metabolism, dietary restrictions and anaemia of chronic disease.
Dusty. xxx
