Experiences with

Parasitic infections

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Hi everyone My Dr is starting me on Belimumab Benlysta and I just wanted to ask what people's experiences have been, particularly with the physical injection and pain side of things. As I have been on fragmin in the past for pregnancy and really did not enjoy that and struggled doing it / had to get

Hi everyone, I was wondering if Oral Rehydration Therapy can be used for some IBS patients and interestingly a study was done earlier this year. Please read the extracts from the article below and share your thoughts and experience if you have one. ======= New paradigm of oral rehydration in patients

Now a week in hospital. After x Yorkshire multi disciplinary conference nobody has any idea what causing raised ma4rkers and bizarre blood readings.Now on 40mg pred which after 1 dose is maki g me feel better. Able to manage to eat a whole salad. Chief liver guy at conference. Back tomorrow so may k

Anyone on here have bile acid malabsorption if so wat medication are yous on and do yous get really bad stomach pains even though on medication as I have bam on colesevelam but still get horrible stomach pain I have ibs aswell and docs are saying it's overlapping eachother watever that is supposed to

I have suffered from PMR for the last 3 years 10 months. I am now down to 2 mg of Pred, 1 at 3am ish and 1after breakfast. I recently asked my GP for a blood test for my Adrenalin levels as I didn’t feel a return of Adrenalin even though I am on a very low dose of steroids. It took 3 months to get the

is it safe, or is there a preferred drug for a colonoscopy? I’m on rasagiline and sometimes mucuna and carbidopa….and should they be discontinued before? If so, how long before? Thanks!

Hi my friends, I was given Flagyl to treat my digestive system after an episode of food poisoning but this medicine caused a lot of annoying side effects like heartburn and bloating. Did any one had this medicine and how did you feel. Many thanks

hello all My question is about the Pneumovax-23 and Prevnar 13. I got the Prevnar 13 in 2015 The Pneumovax-23 in 2015 as well. Is it time to get these again? I live in the US. On W/W for over 20 years. Having immune globulin infusions for the last 5 years or so. Thank you for any insight.

I had an appointment with the gastroenterologist last week and she has advised that I have IBS-C. Previously she advised I had SIBO and was prescribed rifaximin. That antibiotic did not solve my problem. I am suffering with excessive gas, trapped wind and bloating. I have been on laxido for around

The Phase 1 successfully met its primary outcome measures, demonstrating that UB-312 was generally well-tolerated and induced anti-aggregated α-synuclein (αSyn) antibody responses in healthy volunteers and PD patients. Specifically, 12 of 13 PD patients who completed dosing developed anti-αSyn antibodies

hi, I was diagnosed with SLE in 2022 and have had positive and negative antibody results since this time but my most recent test came back as equivocal which is a first for me. I’m on Benlysta monthly infusions which has massively dampened down my symptoms. Has anyone had this equivocal result and could

I have posted a number of times about night time pain …which I am still getting! However by taking an enema each morning when waking I get rid of the wind and normally have a bowel movement and can have a good day. However at night when going to bed I get wind and two hours later I am awake. I get

Participants in the study, who must have a disease duration shorter than three years, will be randomly assigned to 18 months of treadmill exercise, for 30 minutes four times per week. This aerobic workout will be done either at high intensity — to keep patients’ heart rates at 80% to 85% of maximum

Any one had experience of denosumab after 1st line CLL treatment? My gp is suggesting these jabs but he's new and as I've read that it can cause immunocompromised I'm wondering if it's such a good idea.. Help

I have been on 20mg of Famotidine for about a year, over the past 6 months while taking Famotidine I seem to have developed heartburn has any one else suffered with heartburn while on Famotidine? I was on Omeprazole previously for nearly 3 years without any problems but a blood test revealed low sodium

I am currently 35 weeks. I was diagnosed with Polyhydramnios at 28 weeks. I've had scans every 2 weeks, baby seems healthy which is great. I am just getting sooo uncomfortable with how big ans sore I am. I am really nervous in case Mt waters go themselves.I was wondering how likely I am to be induced

Apraxia of eyelid opening (AEO) is occasionally seen in Parkinson’s disease (PD) or related diseases. However, many clinicians have trouble with the management of AEO by Parkinsonism. The following link mentions a case of apraxia of eyelids opening in PD patient which was successfully treated with the

I got diagnosed with bam over a year ago taking colesevelam for it i take 1 or 2 a day but it has my bowel movements all over the place its all or nothing and usually in a formed mush and sticky i try to eat healthy but just wondering if any one else has bowel movements like this i have ibs aswell and

Hi everyone,after what i thought was a bad flare up,i thought that maube it was a bowel bug,severe diareah,doctor gave me,flagyl,didnt help a bit,rang doc again,after a week on flagyl,next doc,says to go of that,and go on amoxilin,ok,that helped a bit,but this continued for 3 weeks,i only take probiotics