My son has Crohn's disease

Posted by mohamedanwar @mohamedanwar, Dec 7, 2021

My son has Crohn's disease due to a marrow defect. After analysis, it turned out to be a genetic disease. My son is two years old. The situation is complicated

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I don't know what to do. I took traditional medicines, then cortisone, then injected Humira 60 doses of 2 cm every week and there was no improvement. He suffers from severe disease in addition to failure to thrive.

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