Hello, my little brother was diagnosed with crohn's a few days ago after a colonoscopy,the said he was a bit inflamed, we are all still sort of in a daze at the minute, i'm really close to my little bro and i am trying not to be a mess around him. He had his first visit to A&E the other week he was pale had the runs with a bit of blood and and a bit of stomach pain for a few days, he is better now, but is still going the loo alot but not the runs or blood just frequently, and has no stomach pain he is just tired.
Now they told us all about crohn's and how there was no cure, but to keep in remission was the goal, so they gave us prednisolone to take home, 60 mg first week, 40 mg second, then down roughly five mg each week for roughly three months, now i have done some research on prednisolone to say i'm scared is an understatement the sides look horrible i can't believe they have nothing better.
I suppose what i want to know is:
Does this sound like too high a dose for his symptoms.
Will he get some of the nasty sides on this dosage, like problems with bones, dependency, swelling etc
Should we ask the doctors to consider something else less potent as this makes sense to me, i think with those type of sides it should be a last resort.
What are the other options for my little bro to try.
Thanks for reading and your help is really appreciated
Now they told us all about crohn's and how there was no cure, but to keep in remission was the goal, so they gave us prednisolone to take home, 60 mg first week, 40 mg second, then down roughly five mg each week for roughly three months, now i have done some research on prednisolone to say i'm scared is an understatement the sides look horrible i can't believe they have nothing better.
I suppose what i want to know is:
Does this sound like too high a dose for his symptoms.
Will he get some of the nasty sides on this dosage, like problems with bones, dependency, swelling etc
Should we ask the doctors to consider something else less potent as this makes sense to me, i think with those type of sides it should be a last resort.
What are the other options for my little bro to try.
Thanks for reading and your help is really appreciated