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Posted 2/7/2012 4:28 AM (GMT 0)
Every time I get catch something my immune system likes to play games..Is there anything you can do with CD to prevent this type of reaction?? Then you never know how long it is going to last during or after?? I have an upper respiratory infection and my bowels are acting up..It happens every times colds, flu, and infections CD likes to come out of the closet!!
Cindy
Posted 2/7/2012 6:08 AM (GMT 0)
Mine are like that too, however when my colds settle in my chest (I also have asthma) I dont use my Humira until I feel better or a doc says it is now ok to use it. My GI heard my cough I had from a cold while on a camping trip and said not to use it upon hearing me bark like a seal
Posted 2/7/2012 2:23 PM (GMT 0)
Happens to the best of us. Every cold I get seems to settle in 2 places, my gut and my back. I don't have any suggestions but I do sympathize with you!
Posted 2/8/2012 5:10 AM (GMT 0)
I knew when the bowels went wild and I had a cold/flu before that I had an infection..I seem to be a strep/e-coli magnet..It seems once the immune system gets set off it does not like to shut off..I have had three years of predisone it seems I take longer to get over everything..I got the mouth sores the whole yucky nine yards..I have been paranoid starting a new job anyway..You end of up with training sessions and meetings..You can't go on a camping trip to the bathroom..There is no privacy either..high traffic..
Cindy
Posted 2/8/2012 3:35 PM (GMT 0)
Ya, the winter months can be a constant battle of flares, playing a game of catch up with getting better then catching something else. Its especially hard when you're on meds that decrease your immune system, and lower your white blood cell count, lowering your ability to fight infection as well. I go into crazy paranoid maniac mode around September here. I stock up on hand sanitizers and put them everywhere, in the car, in purses, bookbags, ect. I buy plenty of hand soap and we wash CONSTANTLY! Avoid touching your face, eyes, nose, mouth. I even use a paper towel to touch microwaves and things at work before I eat. I don't care how crazy I look. (And its not even me with the crohn's, its my husband, but if I get sick, then he does, then he flares) I know it seems like the basics but we just go into this crazy mode during cold and flu season to try and protect us from any and all illness. It's especially hard with small kids, they always have something going on.
Good luck, stay happy and healthy!
Posted 2/10/2012 3:40 AM (GMT 0)
I usually only get mouth sores when my immune system goes wacky--well I woke up with two boils on my upper thigh of all things?? My bowels have settled down, but I am still fighting infection and running very tired..I have managed to not miss work in my new job..I am not kidding when I say don't breath on me!! I did not take a flu shot this year being in the middle of a move..The sores in my mouth have improved..Predisone I think makes me catch more things and it takes longer to get over them...
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