Watery diarrhea

Well after my daughter's first flare in june she was put on pentasa and pred and had a complete 180 no symptoms at all for 3 months and she weaned off from pred last aug. 17. Now she has watery diarrhea for 5 days now, she's not eating any solid foods only peptamen jr. (peptide milk) and lots of fluids including glucolyte. She has 6-8 bm's a day all watery yellow brown in color no mucus, pain or blood, did test for occult blood and ova and parasite both are negative.

Hi Enan! Just my thought, maybe its the pentasa? I've had D after my GI said to increase it from 1.5g/day to 3 g/day. After 5 days of D I finally decided by my own to "restart" by not taking anything except Pred. After 1 day, my BMs weren't watery anymore but still am having 5-6 BMs. Am currently testing if my Aloe supplements can get a grip of my UC again (I had it for my UC since 2003 w/o any UC med and it did just fine until last year). If my bleeding goes nuts again, I'll stop my AMP and try Pentasa but I'll start maybe 500mg/day until my gut stabilizes on it.

Hopefully your daughter gets well soon! And thanks for hooking me up with the Pentasa rep!

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Ulcerative Colitis - Diagnosed: 1997 (2nd yr HS)

As of 09/04/07:
"Rebooting" my gut
Prednisone - 7.5mg in the morning, 2.5mg in the evening (tapering 2.5mg/week) (Went up again after 5 days of D)
AMP Plus - 10 tablets a day (5 in AM, 5 in PM)
Lifetime Acidophilus - 3 capsules/day (Stopped momentarily)
Pentasa - 3x 500mg per day (Stopped momentarily)
5' 3" - 92 lbs
location: Philippines

Thanks for the reply, maybe but she was taking pentasa for over 3 months now without any D. Well im just hoping that it will go away in a few days.

How old is your daughter? My son (2, no UC) had a nasty stomach bug about 9 months ago and I swear he had diarhea 5-7 times a day for weeks. I must have taken him to the ped. every week. They kept promising me the d would go away and it finally did.

They did put him on the BRAT diet. Is she not hungry or did her doctor tell you not to do solid foods?

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Tabitha (Tab)

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SHe is 2 yrs old, well finally an hour ago i convinced her to eat some porridge wheww :).

The BRAT diet is pretty much bland foods. You could google it or search on the internet for a list of acceptable foods. Basically it is foods that are easy on the tummy. I can't remember specifics....applesauce, bananas, crackers, baked potatos, etc.

And by the way sorry I didn't read your signature or I would have know how old your daughter is!

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Tabitha (Tab)

100mg Azathioprine, 2 Fibercon, Colazal-6 a day, Acidopholis Pearls, Prilosec OTC

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Hi enan...did the doctor do stool samples to test for bacterial/viral invaders..rather than assuming?

you could use fibre supplements to bulk up the stool a bit.

Children's probiotics would be a good start to replenish her digestive flora.

Was she tested for h.pylori or c.difficile or celiac disease?

Why did the doc take her off the Pentasa if it was working?

Is your daughter consuming any products with artificial sweeteners?? in an attempt for kids to not have too much sugar, many parents carelessley and ignorantly give their kids substitutes.

Is she eating any protein such as eggs? They can be scrambled or made softer with some nice toast..my mom used to make me that, yummm!!

Has she been tested for food allergies?

Did she ever have any bleeding...and how many times a day is she having diarrhea?

quincy

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Hi quincy she was tested for ova and parasite, occult blood, mucus, negative but no viral test, h.pylori or c.difficile or celiac disease  done yet.

update:

Hi..Your poor daughter to have not improved.