Longlasting cold/flu with UC

I do get sick more often now. I think it is a combo of a 2 year old in preschool and the Imuran lowering the ole immune system. Have you seen your primary about this last bout? Maybe need antibiotics??

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Tabitha (Tab)

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Tab - I haven't seen my primary yet about it, I'm afraid they'll just say 'hang in there another week or two and see if it clears up on its own'  I've considered the antibiotics also, but that's up to my doc to prescribe them.  If I have bronchitis for example, then antibiotics wouldn't do much anyways, since they're most often caused by a virus.  It would only prevent any secondary infection from settling in.

Meesh - I've been flaring for pretty much 1.5 years straight.  It's only a mild flare at the moment, but a flare nonethless.  I agree that my body is probably too busy to mess with this cold, or whatever it is.  It's just crazy that we should have to deal with these lengthy colds every couple months, on top of our UC.  We just never seem to get a break.

Thanks for the input.

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---Nathan---  31 yr old male

Diagnosed May 2006 w/severe UC (pancolitis)

Currently in mild/moderate flare

2 400mg Asacol 4X day

20 mg Prednisone

1 multivitamin/day

2 grams calcium/day

75mg Imuran/day

100mg Tramadol/day for abdominal pain (as needed)

1 Fioricet ever 4 hrs as needed for severe migraines

A cold shouldn't last longer than a week to 10 days, meaning totally gone by then. You have much more than just a cold.

Do you cough or blow any yellow or green/grey mucus? If so, you have an infection. If you don't I'd be surprised considering it's constant.

If not, your lungs are in an inflamed state and the doc should be prescribing you something more to help open the airways and calm them down.

The fact that you're on prednisone will possibly have you in a more weakened state.
Sinus and lung x-rays might be in order to make sure all is clear and that you don't have "walking" pneumonia or sinus infection.

You could also have the doc do mucosal swab tests to be cultured to make sure it's not just nothing.

You're not a candidate for the flu shot until you're much better. But, do discuss it with him and the pneumonia shot as well (which is once I believe) for next year.

Don't assume too much as to what the doc might say....be very forward and make sure he covers all the bases....for he should be MORE concerned you're in such a state especially the meds you're on.

I'm still going to remind you of the obvious hand-washing, not sharing towels or wash cloths and changing toothbrushes monthly or more often after you're better.

Keep us posted....I hope you get answers and are on your way to feeling better soon.

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 !!!

Believe it or not, I had an appt. to get my flu shot last week, and was supposed to have my first Remicade infussion this week.  Obviously had to postpone both of them due to this illness.  I'm waiting on a callback from my doctor to get their opinion on the matter.  I'll post information that they give me after a callback.

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---Nathan---  31 yr old male

Diagnosed May 2006 w/severe UC (pancolitis)

Currently in mild/moderate flare

2 400mg Asacol 4X day

20 mg Prednisone

1 multivitamin/day

2 grams calcium/day

75mg Imuran/day

100mg Tramadol/day for abdominal pain (as needed)

1 Fioricet ever 4 hrs as needed for severe migraines