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Mesenteric Panniculitis or Sclerosing Mesenteritis
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Hi, I have been recently diagnosed with sclerosing mesenteritis and searching online for more information. I am grateful to have found this space. I am a 47 year old male. I experienced unexplained higher white blood cell count since 2016 but was never high enough to cause concern by my Doctors. Starting in July 2020 I had discomfort on my upper left abdomen that came and went and my Doc blamed it on the work from home order due to COVID and told me to stretch and exercise more. In November, pain increased and I went to the ER. CT showed sclerosing mesenteritis and very high white blood cell count. Was put on very high doses of antibiotics which did nothing. Found a GI who gave me another CT this week, this time with barium, with same results. Now waiting for GI Doc for next steps. I am trying to manage the pain and lethargy. I see there are many posts here, will keep reading and hope to learn diet tips or any hopeful leads on Doctors that can help. Thank you for reading. Jim
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Jim, is the mass exactly where your pain is? If yes it will be important to treat it correctly and find the right doctor. If not, it may not be related. I also have a very high WBC count. As a result they checked me for every kind of cancer under the sun. Turns out I have Eosinophil Asthma. It was misdiagnosed as having chronic bronchitis for nearly a year because of covid. It is the most severe form of asthma. My vitamin D and magnesium levels were depleted but no one noticed. What I am saying is that your WBC count may be pointing to other inflammation in your body. Or it may be the mesentery itself.