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I Am Suffering From Intermittent Loose Motion , Severe Joint Pain And Abdominal Discomfort For 5 Years. Do I Have Crohn's Disease ?

sir, myself dr rati ranjan sethy,age 32,weight 63kg, height 5.1 having c/o intermittent loose motion, severe joint pain, abdominal discomfort for last 5yrs,past history suggestive of tuberculosis and took ATT 2times in 1993 and 2005, though intial some response but again same problem, F/H- younger brother having same prolem, all test relevent to crohns including colonoscopy, endoscopy, HLAB27,G6PD negative, ESR-32 mmhg in 1st hour,normal CBC,LFT, RFT currently take methotrexate 15mg/cc wkly and sulfasalazine 1gm bd suspecting crohns disease for 4 months but no result and what will be the next option?
Mon, 11 Apr 2011
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Hello there..
welcome to healthcare magic forum..
I am sorry to hear about your condition.. You need to take this medications regularly as this are the drugs commonly used to treat patients with crohns disease.
May be u need t o increase the dose for the drugs to be more effective.. So please discuss with your doctor about this option.
Hope this helps,
take care..
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I Am Suffering From Intermittent Loose Motion , Severe Joint Pain And Abdominal Discomfort For 5 Years. Do I Have Crohn's Disease ?

Hello there.. welcome to healthcare magic forum.. I am sorry to hear about your condition.. You need to take this medications regularly as this are the drugs commonly used to treat patients with crohns disease. May be u need t o increase the dose for the drugs to be more effective.. So please discuss with your doctor about this option. Hope this helps, take care..