ULCERATIVE COLITIS

Ulcerative Colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the general name for diseases that cause inflammation in the small intestine and colon, which can cause chronic diarrhea. Ulcerative Colitis is similar to Crohns Disease which is another form of IBD.     My granddaughter was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis, Candida and Intestinal Infection. At the age of 19 months she got very sick, she could not swallow her food without gagging and choking on it and after two doctors and a lot of pestering they discovered she had Candida (yeast infection of the esophagus). After they gave her one dose of medicine they turned around and said she was fine and sent her home. At this time she started with chronic diarrhea (watery) with undigested food and still could not swallow her food correctly. We took her to a third doctor in a different state and after reviewing her medical records he discovered the test results indeed said she had Candida. They treated her for Candida and she continued to get worse. At the age of 22 months old they did a Colonoscopy and Endoscopy and discovered she had Ulcerative Colitis, Candida and an Intestinal Infection. According to the doctors it is rare that a child her age would have Ulcerative Colitis. They started treatment again for Candida and gave her Sulfasalizine for Ulcerative Colitis which she took for a bit. She shortly got all the side effects that came along with the Sulfasalizine so they switched her to Pentasa. She took the medication from November 2009 until July 2010. With little to no change, she has some good days and some bad ones. In July 2010 the doctor decided that he wanted to take her off all medication so that he could run some more testing and see how things are going. Well she has been off the medication for about three weeks and things are not getting any better. The diarrhea is back full force, her food is not digesting again and she is always complaining of a belly ache. The doctor is planning on doing another colonoscopy and endoscopy the beginning of August 2010

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