Hello,
My 13 year old nephew was recently diagnosed wth Crohn's disease. We have interacted with the healthcare system for years trying to find out what was going on with him. He started out having issues with digesting his food and having to go to the bathroom very often. After that it started with severe indigestion and such. Recently we noticed that he was having so many instances of cramping and weight loss that we scheduled him to have an appointment. We have a family history but he is the first child to be diagnosed of my brother's children. He has to undergo more testing and he also has to spend time in the outpatient to have antibiotics administered. He is very self conscious of this when people ask him what is going on. We are unsure of what to tell him and how to help him express himself. We feel often that he just tell us what we want to hear when we ask him how it is going? Any suggestions are helpful...
My 13 year old nephew was recently diagnosed wth Crohn's disease. We have interacted with the healthcare system for years trying to find out what was going on with him. He started out having issues with digesting his food and having to go to the bathroom very often. After that it started with severe indigestion and such. Recently we noticed that he was having so many instances of cramping and weight loss that we scheduled him to have an appointment. We have a family history but he is the first child to be diagnosed of my brother's children. He has to undergo more testing and he also has to spend time in the outpatient to have antibiotics administered. He is very self conscious of this when people ask him what is going on. We are unsure of what to tell him and how to help him express himself. We feel often that he just tell us what we want to hear when we ask him how it is going? Any suggestions are helpful...