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Reply to "Ischemic Pouchitis? Too many symptoms, Ideas Please"

Hi Jan.

I believe my doctor did check for C. diff in my last pouchoscopy back in December. Though, I can't be sure because I never got a copy of the report. He said he checked for infections, but all the tests came back negative. He also checked for Crohns as well, but that came back negative as well.

As for biologics, I did ask my doctor about it, and he believes that if I failed at remicade that other biologics won't work. I'm not too familiar with how many biologics there are in Japan, but it seems like Remicade is the gold standard here. He did consider Humira at one point, but decided that it also wouldn't work. I'm not sure why my doctor is adverse to biologics. He only goes by what the blood test tells him, which in a sense is kind of annoying, but I'm not a doctor, so I cannot really contest to what he is saying.

As for the ATM treatment, here is a link to a study:

http://gi.org/wp-content/uploa...4a_ucantibiotics.pdf

Also, my aunt in Canada has seen someone get better from UC. If this treatment fails, I will try asking my doctor for biologics again.

-Rina

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