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tamijoy2000
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any advice?
For the last couple of days I've been really really tired. I could be watching tv and fall asleep. I just seem to be tired all day and sometime when I'm watching tv I'll fall asleep this happens mostly during the day. Any advice on what going and what I can take to stay awake. I don't get it. Maybe I should have my doctor do some lab work and see if it my iron is low.
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Can microscopic colitis be associated with symptoms other than diarrhea or abdominal pain?
Because microscopic colitis is a chronic inflammatory syndrome associated with production by the immune system of chemical mediators that circulate in the blood, patients with microscopic colitis often experience fatigue, joint pains, muscle aches and fibromyalgia, and even fever is possible. Because the genes involved also predispose to other autoimmune syndromes, such diseases (like arthritis, thyroid disease, etc.) do occur in patients with microscopic colitis. If gluten sensitivity is present, many additional abdominal and other symptoms may be present.
Because microscopic colitis is a chronic inflammatory syndrome associated with production by the immune system of chemical mediators that circulate in the blood, patients with microscopic colitis often experience fatigue, joint pains, muscle aches and fibromyalgia, and even fever is possible. Because the genes involved also predispose to other autoimmune syndromes, such diseases (like arthritis, thyroid disease, etc.) do occur in patients with microscopic colitis. If gluten sensitivity is present, many additional abdominal and other symptoms may be present.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor and don't play one on TV.
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
Yep, as Joan says, MC can cause extreme fatigue and drowsiness, when the disease is active. Also, some medications can do that. I don't remember what you're taking, but I seem to recall that you're taking some meds, aren't you?
Tex
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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tamijoy2000
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Drowsiness is a listed side effect of Lialda, especially at higher doses, (or an overdose), but you're taking an average dose, (half the maximum), so it shouldn't cause you to be really sleepy, unless you're more sensitive to it than most people.
It might be a good idea to ask your doctor to check your iron levels, as you mentioned. If you're anemic, it might be because you're short on vitamin B-12. A lot of us with MC sometimes have that problem. B-12 is necessary for the production of an adequate number of healthy red blood cells. If you need to take a vitamin B-12 supplement, be sure you buy the sublingual version, (designed to dissolve under the tongue), because the type of B-12 found in "regular" vitamins is not very well absorbed by our bodies, especially if we have a malabsorption problem, which many of us have, while we are healing.
Of course, if you are seriously low, your doctor may give you a B-12 shot, to get the B-12 level up ASAP.
Tex
It might be a good idea to ask your doctor to check your iron levels, as you mentioned. If you're anemic, it might be because you're short on vitamin B-12. A lot of us with MC sometimes have that problem. B-12 is necessary for the production of an adequate number of healthy red blood cells. If you need to take a vitamin B-12 supplement, be sure you buy the sublingual version, (designed to dissolve under the tongue), because the type of B-12 found in "regular" vitamins is not very well absorbed by our bodies, especially if we have a malabsorption problem, which many of us have, while we are healing.
Of course, if you are seriously low, your doctor may give you a B-12 shot, to get the B-12 level up ASAP.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.