Hi,
I'm a 33 yr old female. Since 2007, i have been suffering from constant diarrhea, weight loss, and severe abdominal pain. I've had 2 colonoscopies which were very clean. So, were the CTs and MRIs. even the crps, esrs except for the calprotectin which was high at that time. My doctor told me that all symptoms go for crohn's but there is a no clear cut diagnosis. I've had flare ups on and off since then. Pain has been recurrent for the last 3 years but without any improvements. As the colonoscopies showed mild infectious ileocolitis, i was put on antibiotics. After that, my GI changed to pentasa which I couldn't tolerate because of GERD and he switched to Salofalk 4x2 for 1 year and a half. Meanwhile, i used to have acute flare ups for which i was given antibiotic injections until the flare up withered.
The real flare up started 4 months ago with severe D. I was put on pred 40 mg which was a miracle. Then, my doc decided to taper it off. Whenever the dose was reduced to 20 mg, i flared up. This happened twice. Now, i'm on 40 mg pred, 150 mg azathioprine and because of elevated white blood count, i'm taking an antibiotic. However, i flared up!!!!!!! In addition, the D has turned into severe C. I'm now constipated and don't know what to do???? The pain is horrible and all the med doesn't seem to work although these were effective a week ago. Does anyone have a clue what's happening and how should I act? Thanx