Had symptoms of crohns for 10+ years, docs always wrote it off as a food intolerance or IBS. Last 2 years I had increasingly swollen and tender joints, sent to rhuemy who didn't think it was lupus or RA but decided to treat anyway. Went on plaquinel(anti malarial) had a severe allergic reaction and was taken off. Was given a myriad of anti inflammatories to help with the pain, when suddenly my gi symptoms got so much worse!
Ended up in hospital for 10 days with e.coli and finally started getting tests done, MRI, colonoscopy. Both showed severe inflammation but the e.coli confused the biopsy results, which came back without "normal architecture of crohns"
Sent home with diagnoses of infective colitis,shiga toxin producing e.coli infection.
I went seriously downhill once I was home, fever increased, pain worse than before, so I went to my GP, did more blood tests and stool samples, and was cleared of the e.coli but not the inflammatory markers. GI and GP decided to start me on prednisone 50mg for the next two weeks and see what that does.
Feel like I'm only half way to a diagnosis, not working and still feeling like crap. I feel so depressed and alone, my partner is amazingly supportive but she just doesn't understand what I'm going through. Just needed somewhere to rant and vent, with people who have been here too!:sign0085:
Ended up in hospital for 10 days with e.coli and finally started getting tests done, MRI, colonoscopy. Both showed severe inflammation but the e.coli confused the biopsy results, which came back without "normal architecture of crohns"
Sent home with diagnoses of infective colitis,shiga toxin producing e.coli infection.
I went seriously downhill once I was home, fever increased, pain worse than before, so I went to my GP, did more blood tests and stool samples, and was cleared of the e.coli but not the inflammatory markers. GI and GP decided to start me on prednisone 50mg for the next two weeks and see what that does.
Feel like I'm only half way to a diagnosis, not working and still feeling like crap. I feel so depressed and alone, my partner is amazingly supportive but she just doesn't understand what I'm going through. Just needed somewhere to rant and vent, with people who have been here too!:sign0085: