Hello Everyone,
My name is Sheryl and I am the parent of Robert who is 15 years old and was diagnosed with Crohns last January...What a rough ride, my heart goes out to all of you who suffer with this. Robert has tried Prednozone, Immurane and Methotrexate all to no avail thus far.
Robert had his first Remicade infusion last Tuesday Jan. 3/2012. About 15 minutes into it he developed a tingling and numbness in his left hand and arm and it felt cold. The nurses and Doctors checked him over and this seemed to calm down. His BP was a bit high too...Treatment was done at Childrens Hospital in Vancouver.
About 2 hours ago I got a call from him at school saying the same thing was happening again. he was upset and scared so his dad picked him up and took him to the nearest medical clinic. The Doc there said it sounded like a Thyroid issue and or a panic attack...also noting an enlarged tonsil...sent him for blood work to check thyroid.
Just wondering if anyone else has had a similar thing happen to them with a panic attack after remicade? I did talk to Childrens Hospital nurse and they said it would be highly unlikely to be a reaction of the remicade after 6 days of the initial infusion.
Would appreciate any feed back for this worried parent! Robert is also on Doxecyclene for acne as well at this time...as if the crohns wasn't enough!
Thank You, Sheryl
My name is Sheryl and I am the parent of Robert who is 15 years old and was diagnosed with Crohns last January...What a rough ride, my heart goes out to all of you who suffer with this. Robert has tried Prednozone, Immurane and Methotrexate all to no avail thus far.
Robert had his first Remicade infusion last Tuesday Jan. 3/2012. About 15 minutes into it he developed a tingling and numbness in his left hand and arm and it felt cold. The nurses and Doctors checked him over and this seemed to calm down. His BP was a bit high too...Treatment was done at Childrens Hospital in Vancouver.
About 2 hours ago I got a call from him at school saying the same thing was happening again. he was upset and scared so his dad picked him up and took him to the nearest medical clinic. The Doc there said it sounded like a Thyroid issue and or a panic attack...also noting an enlarged tonsil...sent him for blood work to check thyroid.
Just wondering if anyone else has had a similar thing happen to them with a panic attack after remicade? I did talk to Childrens Hospital nurse and they said it would be highly unlikely to be a reaction of the remicade after 6 days of the initial infusion.
Would appreciate any feed back for this worried parent! Robert is also on Doxecyclene for acne as well at this time...as if the crohns wasn't enough!
Thank You, Sheryl