Questions About Crohn's disease?!
Question: Questions About Crohn's disease!?
My Girlfriend has Crohn's disease!.!.!.i think, she gets remicade once a month and she has a lot of the similar symptoms that people with crohns disease have!.!.!.she has never told me the name of what she has but i know some of the symptoms!.!.!. im just wondering if Crohn's disease is deadly!? How does remicade help!? Why can they not eat certain things!? What Can I do to help!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
hi carter, i am a female crohn's pt!. for 28 yrs!. dxed at the age of 12!. CD is not deadly!. It's an autoimmune disorder where the body looks at the gut as a foreign object thus causing inflammation!. The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America has a website you can go to to educate yourself!. They have a live chat and a hotline that is run by healthcare experts well versed in IBD as well as a forum where pts!. and family/friends can post questions to others in the similar situation!.
Remicade is a newer biological drug that turns off the inflammation if you will in the gut and puts the pt!. in remission!. Humira is similar but it has human antibodies not mouse antibodies like Remicade!.
Also, look at the ccfa site to locate a local CCFA support chapter you and she can attend to educate yourselves!. You will be amazed at the number of folks who have it!.
good luck to you and her!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Remicade is a newer biological drug that turns off the inflammation if you will in the gut and puts the pt!. in remission!. Humira is similar but it has human antibodies not mouse antibodies like Remicade!.
Also, look at the ccfa site to locate a local CCFA support chapter you and she can attend to educate yourselves!. You will be amazed at the number of folks who have it!.
good luck to you and her!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Infliximab is used to relieve the symptoms of certain autoimmune disorders (conditions in which the immune system attacks healthy parts of the body and causes pain, swelling, and damage) including:
* rheumatoid arthritis (a condition in which the body attacks its own joints, causing pain, swelling, and loss of function) that is also being treated with methotrexate (Rheumatrex, Trexall)
* Crohn's disease (a condition in which the body attacks the lining of the digestive tract, causing pain, diarrhea, weight loss, and fever) that has not improved when treated with other medications
* ulcerative colitis (condition that causes swelling and sores in the lining of the large intestine) that has not improved when treated with other medications,
* ankylosing spondylitis (a condition in which the body attacks the joints of the spine and other areas causing pain and joint damage),
* psoriasis (a skin disease in which red, scaly patches form on some areas of the body),
* psoriatic arthritis (joint pain and swelling and scales on the skin)!.
Infliximab is in a class of medications called tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitors!. It works by blocking the action of TNF-alpha, a substance in the body that causes inflammation!.
Crohn's disease is a chronic transmural inflammatory disease that usually affects the distal ileum and colon but may occur in any part of the GI tract!. Symptoms include diarrhea and abdominal pain!. Abscesses, internal and external fistulas, and bowel obstruction may arise!. Extraintestinal symptoms, particularly arthritis, may occur!. Diagnosis is by colonoscopy and barium contrast studies!. Treatment is with 5-aminosalicylic acid, corticosteroids, immunomodulators, anticytokines, antibiotics, and often surgery!.
Please see the web pages for more details on Infliximab (generic name) Remicade (brand name) and Crohn's disease!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
* rheumatoid arthritis (a condition in which the body attacks its own joints, causing pain, swelling, and loss of function) that is also being treated with methotrexate (Rheumatrex, Trexall)
* Crohn's disease (a condition in which the body attacks the lining of the digestive tract, causing pain, diarrhea, weight loss, and fever) that has not improved when treated with other medications
* ulcerative colitis (condition that causes swelling and sores in the lining of the large intestine) that has not improved when treated with other medications,
* ankylosing spondylitis (a condition in which the body attacks the joints of the spine and other areas causing pain and joint damage),
* psoriasis (a skin disease in which red, scaly patches form on some areas of the body),
* psoriatic arthritis (joint pain and swelling and scales on the skin)!.
Infliximab is in a class of medications called tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitors!. It works by blocking the action of TNF-alpha, a substance in the body that causes inflammation!.
Crohn's disease is a chronic transmural inflammatory disease that usually affects the distal ileum and colon but may occur in any part of the GI tract!. Symptoms include diarrhea and abdominal pain!. Abscesses, internal and external fistulas, and bowel obstruction may arise!. Extraintestinal symptoms, particularly arthritis, may occur!. Diagnosis is by colonoscopy and barium contrast studies!. Treatment is with 5-aminosalicylic acid, corticosteroids, immunomodulators, anticytokines, antibiotics, and often surgery!.
Please see the web pages for more details on Infliximab (generic name) Remicade (brand name) and Crohn's disease!.Www@Answer-Health@Com