cramping question

when we cramp, what does that indicate?

does it indicate:
some food isn't agreeing with us?
inflammation is flaring up?
bleeding?

Does anyone really know? I'd like to know what ya'll think.........

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Prednisone 10mg (1.5) tabs twice per day= 30mg per day

Asacol 400mg (3) tabs twice per day= 2400mg per day

started both meds on Thursday 10-4-2007

10-22-07- coming out of about an 8 week flare (my first one ever)

If you are talking about cramping in the legs or fingers, it is very common with prednisone. I was getting it a lot with the meds. I could indicate a potassium deficiency. A couple of banana's helped me a lot. I would review it with your doctor, though, since prednisone is only one possible cause.

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Glenn
UC diagnosed 2004

Asacol 9 tablets daily

Canasa PRN/ Currently 1x in evening

Prednisone- 30 mg as of 6/8/07, Increased to 50mg 6/18/07, 5mg as of 10/29/07

Lialda 4 tablets daily

Multi vitamins

Azathioprine 50mg

4th Remicade Infusion 11/21/07

Abdominal pain is part of dealing with IBD (even IBS), it could be food making the pain worse, but you can likely still get pain even when there's not much food in you....it's just part of the nature of the beast of having bowel issues.

For women abdominal pain can be caused by many things since our reproductive system is in the same area basically as our digestive system (large and small bowels)...everything's squished pretty close to each other, so that doesn't help either, having pains from mentration can cause added pains from the bowel area too.




:)

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My bum is broken....there's a big crack down the middle of it!  LOL  :)

probably all of the above, but not all of the time....where exactly in the abdomen are you feeling the cramping? Spasming of an inflamed gut with or without food...it's how the gut reacts to inflammation. It's not functioning correctly.

You could ask your doc for a script of dicyclomine (antispasmodic/smooth muscle relaxant). 10mg is a good starting dosage. Works really, really, really well for me.


quincy

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*Heather*Status:mini flare June 23* 6asacol daily+ Salofalk (tapered every 4th night)

~diagnosed January 1989 UC (proctosigmoiditis)

~5ASA: Asacol + Salofalk enemas (increase for flares tapered to maintenance)

~Bentylol (dicyclomine) 20mg as needed

~vitamins/minerals 

~Probiotic 2 (Natural Factors Protec) + 1 (Primadophilus Reuteri) at bedtime

~Natural Factors Multi Digestive Enzymes with supper

~Ranitidine,Pariet (reflux) Effexor XR 75mg;  Pulmicort/Airomir (asthma)

~URSO for PSC (or PBC) 500mg X 2 daily (LFTs back to NORMAL!!)

My doc's logic.. "TREAT (FROM)BOTH ENDS"  worth it !!!