thanks for all the sugg it has improved alot since i havent been in the sun but if i get sun it seems to come back in full form. my doc really doesnt care what I have to say he just wants me to take...
I forgot to mention that I have horrible hair loss since taking humira and mood swings. Horrible mood swings...
I have hair loss with my humira too plus other side effects, but please report your side effects to the fda so the docs will listen to us. I am sick of being sick & having horable side effects with...
since I started my humira 4mnths ago I’ve gained weight up a whole size;( & Ive had more migraines than usual actual I'm having one to two a wk. Plus I have constant congestion in my head making...
Since I started Humira I found out that my uterus is enlarge when I went to the ER for stomach pain & the findings were uterus enlargement and bad constipation. I also developed an acne looking...
I started Humira 2mnths ago & I started getting these bumps on my chest, neck & have that are like acne but I've never had acne before. The are hard like they are clogged but not red i'm dark...
thanks for the comments, I take mirilax almost daily and that isnt even working Im so bloated, uggg. sniper it was a cold drink, I dnt know what it is but I've had pain there off and on since I was a...
Has anyone ever had stomach pain that feels like a charley horse. I took a drink first thing this morning and as soon as it went down felt this pain right under my ribs in my stomach cramp up like a...
I also forgot to mention that my primary doc told me that for some people drugs like mesalamine (Asacol/Pentasa, etc.) can actually cause your symptoms to get worse/increase them. So this is one idea...
I have the chest pain too, one doc says its inflamation in my chest other says its anxiety. Although I never had until recently. My CD is in a flare that doesnt want to go away so they keep uping my...
No I didn't have a UTI, I know what a UTI is they can test protiens in your urin. All I'm saying is they dont know how to treat CD and even if our corrupt government did know how to treat all these...
Yes I agree that vit. D does have a con. to cd yet its not the cause. THey have no idea what really causes cd, they dont even know how to treat cd. I had a dr. tell me we just treat the symptoms. its...
a lot of smokers use smoking as a stress relief and stress can trigger your CD. Therefore, if you stop smoking and dont know how to control your stress & going through withdraw it can cause the...
also people with darker pigmentation have a harder time absorbing vit D. from the sun. That is why darker complected people age better, interesting fact. I am low in vit D. and live in the sunshine...
yes a book would be great, I think we would all be pretty good comedians with all the sharting and farting. I hear you on the extra undies, lol. Oh the joys of cd, lol. I was so embarrassed at first,...
do you have kids because if you do you can blame the smell on them, lol. I hear you the older you get the more you will not care as much and after childbirth you wont care as much. My bro doesn't...
I agree with GDen they can not deny you for a pre-existing condition. I'm sure every state is diff. but I know in a few you can not go longer than three mnths without insurance if you go longer than...
thanks for all of your replies, I am waiting to see a rheumatologist I have an apt for next mnth. My GI seems to think I have CD related arthritis. I dont know what it is although I know it does...
thanks, my doc suggested belly breathing, etc. I need a spa day, but who can afford it with kids etc. I'm sure that would lift me for at least a day. I'm just saying I dont feel as though these docs...
My uncle is a phar and he even said its the meds that is causing the hair loss. Within a wk of me stopping Pentesa my hair loss stopped. I dont know if its growing back, but I dont have as much hair...
I think you really need to talk to your doc. He/she will be only one who can diagnose you. There are lots of things beside crohns or colitis that could be causing your prob. E-coli & salmonella also...
As your doc to change your med. Pentesa made my hair fall out too, Asacol hasn't but I have other side effects from it. Folic Acid should help & I was told by my doc that my hair will grow back, we...
I would just love to wake up one day and feel rested, feel like I could take a run. Instead I am faced everyday with constant fatigue, arthritis pains and stiffness, tendonitis. Then to top it off I...
I too take the same amount of vit D & it has not caused me to have more energy. Yet I have noticed that when it is time for me to take again my joints start hurting more. Vit D is what helps your...
I too am tired all the time I could sleep all day & still be tired. I can barely wake up in the morning to care for my children. I've always been fatigued but in the last three yrs it is much...
I forgot to say fried food do bother me so I would stay away from that. Also some peopel w/CD have Coeliac disease a gulten intol. so if you do one way to find out is to stop eating gultens and if...
my mother-in-law is a nurse & she always wants me to take remicade & she said if you cant afford it can get it free. I'm not sure but I could contact either remicade or the hospital in your...
I've found that my crohn's is not effected by what I eat. I gained a lot of weight while I was pregnant like 60 pounds. So what I've done to loose the weight is southbeach diet. Its worked, plus I...
Thanks so much for the suggestions, I will def get some folic asid, I do have xanax, I do take it once in a blue mood but I have horable mood swings I dont know if its all the meds I'm on, hormonal...
I've had CD that I've know now for 5 yrs and just recently found out that I have Factor II mutation which is a blod clotting disorder. I havent had any prob. yet but my dad almosted died from a...
Yes you need to see a GI, also there is an arthritis associated with CD & have them check your vit. D. My bones hurt worse when my vit. D is def. Don't eat red meat its the hardest thing for your...
pentasa can cause joint pain etc. I hate the meds for crohns and the disease. wishing everyone living with this would be healed.. I hate being in pain every day & I know some of you have is very bad....
its the pentasa that is making your hair fall out, go to their web site and look at side effects. I had the same thing happen to me the docs will try to tell you they have never heard of it, print...
So finally my regular doc tells me it could very well be either the meds. causing my tendenitis or the meds. could be making my crohn's worse therein causing my tendenitis. Therefore, we are working...
I have that prob. too, you do need to get into the eye dr. You need to get muro eye ointment trust me you don't want to wake up in the morning and feel like your eyelid just pulled something off of...
I feel for you I really do I am in the same boat, not sure about the thyroid yet, but my horm. are crazy. I've dieted, exercised, its a struggle. I was 115 when i was 24 now I'm 29 & 140 I hate it I...
I have constipation too, miralax seems to help some what, but there are so many things that could be the cause, your crohn's, your meds., other health prob., I feel for you, some times I will go a wk...
thanks for the info.;) I do believe the there is some type of connection between tendenitis and crohn's if not the disease of crohn's then the medications. I'm going to look into that a little more....
I hate to say this, but I'm so glad that I'm not alone. I have achilles tendonitis & FHL tendonits. I have been either in a leg boot cast or an air cast for the last 4 1/2 mnths. I can't take this...
I just want to know if anyone else who has crohn's has experianced prob. with tendenitis. Every time I take Pentasa or Asacol it seems like it gets worse. The doctors said that is not possible, but...
Your Dr. could be right, or you could have thyroid prob. or when i was on roids it gained a lot of weight. I way more now than I ever have with the exception of being prego....