8 yr old with crohns.

My 8 year old son was diagnosed with crohns last year after having anal fistula. He has been doing good on mesalazine and 6mp up until last week when i thought he was showing signs of an abcess down at his bum again. Took him docs and they prescribed flagyl and ciproxin. He finished the flagyl after 7 days and was still on cipro. The last few days he has been feeling sick and has had loose stools ( he normally had formed poo and can be quite constipated at times) could this be with the cipro he feels sick? His sore bottom has cleared completely now so the antibiotic has worked, i just hope it stays away now for a time. Is 6mp one of the better meds for the anal problems like abcesses? This is my sons 1st flare since he was diagnosed last year, still learning about it all. Any info would be appreciated.x 

He has been on the cipro for 10 days but off it now so hopefully he will start feeling better. What probiotics is good for crohns? i see alot of people take them. I do give my son a probiotic drink ( actimel) every morning but its one you can but from the supermarket. Do probiotics do good? i try to keep his diet very healthy, i just want to do my very best to keep the flares at bay, as does everyone with the condition. x

For probiotics I use Primadolphilus Fortify by Natures Way. Works great for me! I get it in the refrigerated section at my local health food store. Hugs!

I too was Dx with CD when I was 8. I didnt start with fistulas though until 20 years of having the DD. The 1st was intestine to intestine and I had no idea about it until they did a CT to see if I did in fact have a perforation. Since then I have gotten another I was on Imuran from about 9 years old (1988) until about 2005 I was also on Sulfazalazine Imuran was what finally got me off Pred. In 2001 I started on Remicade (this was to aid in my joint pain more than abd issues even though my joint pain is not RA but just another complication of the CD). The remi started causing issues I began having reactions to it had to take more than norm for my weight etc. Then I had CD complications had to have surgery etc. I was on some meds post op to try and keep me in remission but I was not one of the lucky ones who gets time of remission apparently. I ended up with a fistula and was placed on Humira shots (bi-weekly) it aided it it getting smaller but after 1 week it would begin to get larger again until the next dose so I was then placed on it weely ithelped but was to far at that point tried TPN to give the gut a rest but sadly I needed another Sx...


I was tried at humira bi-weekly again as soon as my wound infection cleared and I was having flares so they tested my CRP etc and opted to place me on it weekly since then (that was Jan 2008) I have had no more fistulas that I am aware of. Imuran was great for me at the time I think just after a while it caused some negative side effects for me and for some that happens others it doesnt. This DD can be trial and error not only for diet but also for meds sadly.

I do hope he stays well on the 6mp (it is similar to imuran I was on) and I hope for him he has many years with limited flares and those that are easily treated. I too was tried on Cipro and flagyl for my fistulas again it helped but not enough each person is different. You may sinc ehe is newly Dx if your doc has not suggested is a disease diary not just of food eaten but also of time eaten and times he goes the bathroom is there is blood in it, his pain levels any stress etc

Hi, I had a gut analysis done that showed I was deficient in lactobacillus bacteria, so that's the probiotic I take. My acupuncturist conducted the test and has also found two other Crohn's patients to be deficient in this. I would make sure that whatever strain you give him covers lactobacillus. Good luck!