IBD symptoms worse with cold?

[Guest guest]

My 9 y.o. daughter has been on SCD since Nov. 1. The past several days she has

been fighting a cold and D/frequency has increased again causing a several lb.

wt. drop. Is it common to regress when your body is dealing with something

else? Any suggestions? She sees her GI next Thursday. We are hoping to avoid

remicade (nothing else has worked the past 2 yrs.) but if she goes in with lots

of symptoms and weight loss it is not going to look good.

Dawn,

Mom of Hannah UC/Crohn's not differentiated 2 yrs.

[Guest guest]

Dawn,

I'm sorry to hear about your dd's D and weight loss. Yes, it is

extremely common to regress when fighting infection. The best thing

to do is to go back to the intro diet during this time. Keep her

hydrated, also.

mom to -12

SCD 4/23/04

[Guest guest]

Hi Dawn,

already gave you the " official " answer, but I just wanted to send some

sympathy your way....I think you are so smart to try SCD before going to

Remicade.

Are you giving fish oil as well? That's an anti-inflammatory that has shown

really good results with IBD.

Hang in there. My thoughts are with you and Hannah.

Ellen

10 y/o dd scd since 5/06 and, thankfully, doing great

[Guest guest]

Yes, it is common. My son has a cold right now and he

had loose stools for the past few days. Now they are

fine again. We didn't introduce anything new during

that time but I suspect going back to the intro would

have helped more.

B.

ASD son, RA self, SCD Nov. 2007

http://scdgirl.blogspot.com

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--- Dawn Olsen wrote:

> My 9 y.o. daughter has been on SCD since Nov. 1.

> The past several days she has been fighting a cold

> and D/frequency has increased again causing a

> several lb. wt. drop. Is it common to regress when

> your body is dealing with something else? Any

> suggestions? She sees her GI next Thursday. We are

> hoping to avoid remicade (nothing else has worked

> the past 2 yrs.) but if she goes in with lots of

> symptoms and weight loss it is not going to look

> good.

>

> Dawn,

> Mom of Hannah UC/Crohn's not differentiated 2 yrs.

>

>

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> removed]

>

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