Can Entocort hide inflammation?
Moderators: Rosie, Stanz, Jean, CAMary, moremuscle, JFR, Dee, xet, Peggy, Matthew, Gabes-Apg, grannyh, Gloria, Mars, starfire, Polly, Joefnh
Can Entocort hide inflammation?
The thought crossed my mind that maybe my biopsies were negative because I was still taking Entocort at the time. At the time of the c scope I was taking 1 per day. Could that have happened? If the diet had healed the colon (taking away the inflammation) could I still have some symptoms somtimes?
Dr Fine test shows positive for gluten and casien but negative for soy, eggs, and yeast
Maybe its UC maybe its MC? Who knows at this point, but at least I know my intollerances now... so heres to the road to healing!
Maybe its UC maybe its MC? Who knows at this point, but at least I know my intollerances now... so heres to the road to healing!
-
harvest_table
- Rockhopper Penguin
- Posts: 1509
- Joined: Wed May 25, 2005 6:29 pm
- Location: Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Polly remarked in this thread about Pred masking inflamation. Entocort is very differant stuff of coarse.
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4184
Not sure what you are asking? Are you wondering whether or not it's possible you may have tested positive for MC if you had not adopted a GF diet and used only the Entocort?
Love,
Joanna
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4184
Not sure what you are asking? Are you wondering whether or not it's possible you may have tested positive for MC if you had not adopted a GF diet and used only the Entocort?
Love,
Joanna
THE GLUTEN FILES
http://jccglutenfree.googlepages.com/
http://jccglutenfree.googlepages.com/
I am trying to ask if maybe the Entocort is the reason why the MC came back negative... and now that I am going to be off in 2 days and I am just wondering what I might prepare myself for.
Dr Fine test shows positive for gluten and casien but negative for soy, eggs, and yeast
Maybe its UC maybe its MC? Who knows at this point, but at least I know my intollerances now... so heres to the road to healing!
Maybe its UC maybe its MC? Who knows at this point, but at least I know my intollerances now... so heres to the road to healing!
Andrew,
Yes, Entocort will reduce, and hopefully eventually eliminate inflammaton in your colon, since it's a corticosteroid, and corticosteroids are prescribed to reduce or eliminate inflammation, not just in the colon, but in virtually any part of the body. For example, Grannyh was given a corticosteroid for severe back pain, which caused all sorts of problems, since she was already taking a corticosteroid, and the added dose amounted to an overdose, due to the residual carryover already in her body. IOW, it will not really hide inflammation, it will suppress it.
Your GI should have been aware of what it would do, (surely he prescribed it to reduce any inflammation that might be present). Maybe he isn't aware of the fact that it will remove the markers of MC from your colon. If the biopsies showed no inflammation, then no inflammation was present. IOW, you were in remission, whether by med, diet, or whatever.
The fact that you might be in remission does not mean that you will not react to any of your trigger foods, though. You will still react, even though you might be in remission. If a reaction is significant enough, then some inflammation will be re-established, and the remission may experience a moratorium.
If I recall correctly, Polly recently "failed" a colonoscopy, because she accidentally ingested some gluten and had a significant reaction, about a week before the exam was scheduled.
Tex
Yes, Entocort will reduce, and hopefully eventually eliminate inflammaton in your colon, since it's a corticosteroid, and corticosteroids are prescribed to reduce or eliminate inflammation, not just in the colon, but in virtually any part of the body. For example, Grannyh was given a corticosteroid for severe back pain, which caused all sorts of problems, since she was already taking a corticosteroid, and the added dose amounted to an overdose, due to the residual carryover already in her body. IOW, it will not really hide inflammation, it will suppress it.
Your GI should have been aware of what it would do, (surely he prescribed it to reduce any inflammation that might be present). Maybe he isn't aware of the fact that it will remove the markers of MC from your colon. If the biopsies showed no inflammation, then no inflammation was present. IOW, you were in remission, whether by med, diet, or whatever.
The fact that you might be in remission does not mean that you will not react to any of your trigger foods, though. You will still react, even though you might be in remission. If a reaction is significant enough, then some inflammation will be re-established, and the remission may experience a moratorium.
If I recall correctly, Polly recently "failed" a colonoscopy, because she accidentally ingested some gluten and had a significant reaction, about a week before the exam was scheduled.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.