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Suggest Diet For A Child Diagnosed With Crohn S And Fistula

Will purified baby food help with chrons symptoms or do you need a total liquid diet. This is for a newly diagnosed child with chrons and a fistula. We took a one month course of flagil and saw a small improvement but it did not heal,the fistula completely. We are now starting cipro and will combine it with a liquid diet for 2 months to see if we can put him in remission.
Tue, 4 Nov 2014
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The diet for Crohn's disease does not need to be liquid totally. I do not think that you need a purified baby food but had you mentioned the age, it would have been easier to suggest. It is important to follow a high-calorie, high-protein diet, even if he does not feel like eating. It is also important to keep the stool soft by use of high fibre diet and stool softners to prevent worsening of the fistula. I would not have recommended taking a month-long course of flagyl (metronidazole) or even ciprofloxacin. Please do not self medicate. Provide Sitz bath.
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Suggest Diet For A Child Diagnosed With Crohn S And Fistula

The diet for Crohn s disease does not need to be liquid totally. I do not think that you need a purified baby food but had you mentioned the age, it would have been easier to suggest. It is important to follow a high-calorie, high-protein diet, even if he does not feel like eating. It is also important to keep the stool soft by use of high fibre diet and stool softners to prevent worsening of the fistula. I would not have recommended taking a month-long course of flagyl (metronidazole) or even ciprofloxacin. Please do not self medicate. Provide Sitz bath.