Moon Face

Eat a lower sodium diet, drink more water and get more exercise.

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There's also a great book you may want to check out: Coping With Prednisone: It May Work Miracles, but How Do You Handle the Side Effects?

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Diagnosed with ulcerative colitis spring 1999

Thanks for the input everyone!     36 year old - UC December 2006 Prednisone Imuran – 50mg 2x daily Asacol – 2 x 3 daily   16 year old daughter d iagnosed w/Crohns 30 days later.

We always notice more things wrong with our appearance than others do. I've known a lot of folks to take prednisone and seen some of their faces get a little "moonier" but it's never as bad as they think it is. I wouldn't worry over it.

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don't want to jinx myself but I have not gotten it yet. A little bit of puffiness some mornings around my eyes (but could be the pred making cry the night before). I am on a 1500mg a day low sodium diet and it's not that bad to follow also I have given up all caffeine (prob. nothing to do w/it) and have given up soda as well (maybe? about 300mgs of sodium I am not having anymore). I still have edema though, could be from the MCD??? I do feel puffy but have lost 4 pounds since starting the pred - not eating salt has cut down my fav foods like chips, plus have had diarreah for two weeks.

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Beth, 32

There was a teenage girl that had some pictures of her moonface in a photo album.
I can't remember her name, but it was the girl that ended up having surgery to remove
her colon.

Maybe one of the old timers remembers her name, and could find it to show you.

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Proctitis - diagnosed April 2007 (symptoms starting in October 2006)

Flares treated with Rowasa enemas

Mild food diet (chicken, rice, collard greens, no sugar, no corn, no beef/pork, etc)

Here's a link to Mandy's latest set of pics.