We will need more information. Antibodies are generated against different proteins (antigens) and there are different classes of antibodies (IgA, IgM, IgG) against each of the antigens (foreign...
Year or so before I was diagnosed with UC, I noticed that whenever I ate animal protein, I had pain in my abdomen with mild diarrhoea afterwards. I ended up diagnosed with UC, but still continued...
Hi everyone, been dx with UC back in 2015. Was doing quite fine since the last flare in 2018, but in late February started feeling lots of pain in sigmoid, mucus, poorly formed stool etc. Eventually...
What works for me (but might not work for you) during flareups is as follows: 1) low-fat low-protein high-carb diet (white bread w/ honey during the day and/or boiled rice w/ curcumin and olive oil...
Hi there. About month ago my UC went nice downglide slide, pain in sigmoid, then mucus, then bleeding, fatigue etc. Started to have urgency and 4-5 BM per day. One thing I noticed was also that one...
Visbiome is the original Dr Simone formulation that was VSL3 before late 2016. In Europe Visbiome formulation is sold under Vivomixx name. For those unaware of the background VSL3 is no longer made...
Everyone is different but for me personally oral iron causes lots of problems. I need to take very small amounts and follow strict protocol (empty stomach, not eat at least an hour after and take...
Thanks for the info, much appreciated!...
Bump Straydog, your husband's story very much resembles both of what I went through two years ago and also his recent situation is close to where I am now. It's been 3rd day since my suspected...
Thanks Bucko, yes I know they indicate of an infection but currently there are no visible site of infection so I'm wondering if the swollen lymph nodes could be the aftermath of the drained abscess....
I believe iron at least in oral form is a problem for most of IBDers. With infusions the direct impact on colon should've been milder but it still can have side effects that range from abdominal pain...
Straydog, your husband's story very much resembles both of what I went through two years ago and also his recent situation is close to where I am now. It's been 3rd day since my suspected abscess is...
Thanks IAmCurious, I had extremely painful abscess as well few years ago and I had to undergo surgery under GA since it was deeper between muscles. This is why I'm scared since I don't want to repeat...
Thanks quincy, I contacted another general doc and she said – let's wait and see what happens. Anybody with experience of anal abscesses here that cleared on their own?...
I am posting this simultaneously on both UC and Chron's forums since I've confirmed UC but perianal abscesses are linked to Chron's. Please excuse me for the detailed description but I hope everyone...
I'm posting this simultaneously on both UC and Chron's forums since I've confirmed UC but perianal abscesses are linked to Chron's. Please excuse me for the detailed description but I hope everyone...
Thanks, my simptoms before scope were mild so probably this matches what showed up in colonoscopy. I passed my first BM couple of hours ago, doesn't feel like much gas has been trapped inside...
Hi there, about 36 hours ago I had a colonoscopy. It showed mild inflammation in sigmoid, descending and transverse parts (mayo 1 classification) of my bowel. My GI took about a dozen of biopsies...
I already ordered enemas few weeks ago, but they told me the fastest I could expect is end of July to get them to me. They also said, they could get me the enemas straight from other European...
Hi, I am 33 and was diagnosed with UC in late 2015 (histologically confirmed with biopsy), then hospitalized in late 2016 but after that I was in stable remission with no blood, pain and normal...
The pain became unbearable in the evening and I went to the ER. They almost instantly said it's paraproctitis. I was given promedol for pain and a combo of antibiotics. Perhaps a surgery tomorrow....
Charlie, yes I have constant pain that seems not to change or even has become stronger today. It's my second day and at this point I literally can't do anything except for lying in bed and it still...
Thanks iPoop, I called today all the clinics I could but noone works. Even ER have no proctologist on place. I found a clinic that said I could go and they will try to look at me tomorrow. Basically...
Not sure if it's right forum to post but since I've UC, I think someone else might have had similar experience. About day and a half ago I developed unbearable pain in my ass after some straining...
Thanks. Well I haven't taken any abx almost 15 years now (except for the metronidazole when I was in hospital with UC flare last September). Ive had minor medical interventions during this time, like...
Hi everyone! Long story short I have this dental bone augmentation scheduled in couple of days which includes my own jaw bone transplanting. Its around 1,5 hrs procedure and is considered a surgery...
Blood iron level tells nothing about real iron stores in body, you should check ferritin. But if CRP are high then ferritin test will give false positives. When I was flaring and was low on body iron...
Pred can cause a lot of blood test changes, especially PLTs (platelets) can go sky high for younger people and also WBCs and lymphocytes, leukocytes. Was it iron low or ferritin? Because iron in...
Yesterday I had my upper front tooth extracted. Unfortunately the extraction was difficult since the tooth broke under gums. And since I can't take any pain killers due to my UC I am in severe pain...
If I remember correctly up to 5 days you could stop cold turkey any dose of steroids without affecting the natural cortisol production by adrenals. However will 5 days be enough depends on how well...
Also, there are more things to take into account when it comes to probiotics and why some are good and some are not. The first thing is the exact strains, the second the ratio of strains to each...
I would suggest you to drop the VSL#3, they are not the same probiotic anymore since beginning of 2016. The creator and patent holder of probiotic formula prof. Claudio De Simone restricted the use...
I have tapered down prednisone (Medrol) to 2.5 mg a day. What bugs me is that for the past 2-3 days I'm having strange chest, neck and jaw pain more on the right side that goes up to the tooth. Today...
I can confirm that my UC (and IBS before that) follow this pattern for years. I always got worse in early fall (end of summer) and then again a bit low in spring (March). At first, 7-8 years ago,...
It has been some weeks of steroid taper and I'm now down to 6 mg of methylprednisone a day (which equals 7.5 mg of prednisone). What I've noticed is that my stool is becoming more loose. It's still...
OK, it's been a week since I'm out of hospital and I am down to 28 mg/day Medrol from 32 mg/day. I'm taking my steroid dose in the morning and I can almost feel that it wears off in the evening/night...
Thank you everyone for the support, suggestions and experiences. I must have been more specific about my meds - currently I'm on Medrol 32 mg/day and will taper off 4 mg/week for total of 8 weeks....
Hi, everyone, few weeks ago I wrote about my management of UC without drugs, just with the diet and supplements. I was doing OK for almost year since diagnosis. But somehow in a few weeks time it has...
Well I wouldn't say it's aversion. It's just that since my last experience with antibiotics and some other drugs 5-6 years ago I came to conclusion that most times the side effects are not worth it...
Well thats hard since I've small kids and my sleep has been very bad for the last two nights due to unknown reasons, perhaps another side effect or a result of infection....
Yes, I'm aware of this, the dizziness starts few hours after taking the tablet in the morning (like 3). Just now I noticed that I've also developed conjunctivitis, still have stiff neck and low...
Hi! Some of you might remember that I posted about my management of UC without meds (mostly with diet and supplements for a year since diagnosis). Up until few weeks ago I was doing very good with...
Since the thread where I wanted to post this information was closed I will copy-paste my text here and start a new thread. I was diagnosed with UC nov 2015 (5 biopsies taken with c-scope). I haven't...
Yes, this is my personal study. I'm an engineer and I've used to solve problems by gathering data and analyzing them. That's why I'm asking for help here where you can stay anonymous. How else I...
Hi! I'm 30 and new to UC, was diagnosed with acute UC in Dec 2015 after colonoscopy (but I had strange bowel feelings and mild symptoms for at last past five or six years). Now I'm gathering and...