Hello,
I have a fistula from the ileum to the abdominal wall. I have been on azathioprine + infliximab combo for almost 6 weeks with no signs of it healing the fistula. From my understanding a liquid diet allows the distal part of the small bowel to rest as the majority of the liquid food is absorbed earlier on in the intestinal track. My fistula outputs mostly liquid but also small amounts of solid food e.g seeds from jalapeno peppers (sorry for tmi).
I pinged the question to my specialist via email and he said it isn't a bad idea but doesn't think it will make much of a difference as I am already on powerful immunosuppresents. He said we can talk about it more at our next appointment but that isn't for another month.
If my current concoction of drugs do not work I will need to have a bowel resection and most likely a temporary stoma. I would like to exhaust every option before it comes to that. Do you guys think pursuing a liquid enteral diet along with inflix + aza is worth a shot?
Thank you for reading
I have a fistula from the ileum to the abdominal wall. I have been on azathioprine + infliximab combo for almost 6 weeks with no signs of it healing the fistula. From my understanding a liquid diet allows the distal part of the small bowel to rest as the majority of the liquid food is absorbed earlier on in the intestinal track. My fistula outputs mostly liquid but also small amounts of solid food e.g seeds from jalapeno peppers (sorry for tmi).
I pinged the question to my specialist via email and he said it isn't a bad idea but doesn't think it will make much of a difference as I am already on powerful immunosuppresents. He said we can talk about it more at our next appointment but that isn't for another month.
If my current concoction of drugs do not work I will need to have a bowel resection and most likely a temporary stoma. I would like to exhaust every option before it comes to that. Do you guys think pursuing a liquid enteral diet along with inflix + aza is worth a shot?
Thank you for reading