confused ...please provide some info

Hello…

 

I am absolutely confused…….my mom is a UC patient (pan colitis with ulceration all throughout)…and recently…she has been having a fever consistently (like every other day) for about the last week. We are fighting it with tylonal……she was hospitalized last week and had no infections what-so-ever (we had figured she may be having this problem from Remicade). Listed below are her medications, I just wanted to see if anyone has experienced any kind of consistent fever with one of these. Your advice is certainly appreciated….thanks everyone

 

Remicade (every 8 weeks…4^th infusion in mid-aug.)

 

Imuran (100 mg every day)..just started this when admitted to hospital on july 1^st.

 

Asacol (8 a day)

 

Prednisone (30 mg a day)

 

Hydrocortisone Enema & Rowasa Enema (switch off every night)

 

Multivitamin Centrum & also B12 vitamin

 

Any information will be appreciated. Thank you so much.

Fevers are a symptom of UC so it's hard to know if this is the cause or something else. It's probably best to note this change with her GI. Yes, I had fevers off and on with my last flare.

Sue

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dx proctitis in 1987
dx UC in 1991, was stable until 1998

1998 started prednisone, asacol, pentasa, nortriptylene, ativan, 6MP, rowasa enemas and suppositories, hydrocortisone enemas, tried the SCD diet, being a vegetarian, omega 3s, flax, pranic healing, yoga, acupuncture, probiotics

2000 lost all my B-12 stores and became anemic

2001 opted for j-pouch surgery- now living life med-free

I run a fever it seems like a couple days a week and have ever sense i was dx with uc. my GI said it was not uncoman for people with uc to do that

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Rona

synthroid .088 mg, lowpressor 50 mg x 2, cozaar 25mg x2, imdur 30 mg
nitroquick, proventol, plavix 75 mg, protonix 40 mg x 2, asacal 400mg x 9
carafate 1 gm x 4, zyrtec 10 mg, rhinocort aqua nose spray, fish oil,
potassium.

One of my doctors (not a GI; "Infectious Disease", I think) said that our temperatures go up during flares because small amounts of the naturally-occurring bacteria in our intestines begin to escape thru the inflamed walls and into the body cavity. My temps have gotten as high as 104.8 during flares.

I would just ask the GI. I get hot flashes with both Remicade and Prednisone, but I'm not sure if my actual temperature goes up.

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James

21 yrs old, diagnosed severe ulcerative pancolitis 2 Mar 2007
Hospitalized 27 Apr-5 May 2007; 16 Jun-22 Jun 2008
Asacol (mesalamine) 400 mg x 12 daily
Remicade <--first infusion on 3 May 2007
Imuran (azathioprine) 50 mg x 4 daily
Iron, Vit C, Vit D, Zinc, and seemingly always on Flagyl
Eating fruits and vegetables like there is no tomorrow...