Help for stomach pains!

Okay, so I'm new to this and the site so bare with me.

I was diagnosed with Crohns earlier this year after a year of symptoms. I was found to have loads of stomach ulcers in my bowel and upper intestines and just generally not in great shape.

After eight weeks of taking between 18-5 tablets a day, I finally felt a lot better. From April onwards, I began to feel a lot more like myself again.

But over the past two weeks my stomach pains have started to come back and my appetite is going again, nausea and the other stuff is back also. It's nowhere near as bad as it was but I'm worried that I'm heading toward a flare up again.

Any advice on how to minimise stomach pains and any food I can eat that can stop the other stuff? I'm supposed to be going on holiday next week and I don't want this to interrupt my life again!

Much love from the interweb.

MsDeacs

What types of pains are you having? If they are contraction-like pains I would suggest sticking to low residue foods. Sometimes when this gets really bad for me I will do liquids only (smoothies, soups, Orgain, etc.) for a few days. Talk to your GI about pain relief options. Most GIs do not like to prescribe heavy pain meds, but mine is always willing to give me a low dose of tramadol when I need it and I will usually ask for a script before a vacation or big event just in case. Also, like scifigal asked, what meds are you on? You want meds that will maintain remission for as long as possible, and you note taking tablets which makes me think you are taking something like a mesalamine or 6MP? Biologics seem to be the best bet with CD and a lot more doctors are starting out with them right away as opposed to starting with weaker drugs and moving up the latter as needed. This seems to be better at preventing an accumulation of scar tissue and damage that inevitably causes mechanic issues in the future.

Some doctors claim that Pentasa is not effective for Crohns. Did you Doctor discuss biologics? If your pain is from inflammation then really the pain is due to food trying to squeeze itself through narrowed intestines. That's why low residue and liquid foods will help a little. But inevitably you need to combat the inflammation with effective Crohn's meds.

you could also look up the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. Many people claim this helps with their CD holistically. It's pretty strict, but worthwhile if it works!

That's interesting...I found pentasa kept everything under control when I first came off the prednisolene but now I'm not so sure :/ I'm trying to arrange an appointment with my doctor and I'll bring this up.

I'm really owrried about the cramps so I'm gonna stick to liquid food as advised :) yogurt is okay right?

I'm still so new to this!

MsDeacs x