Client Timeline

Let’s see our client’s timeline prior to working with us:

 

“The onset of the IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) symptoms seemed to occur quite quickly initially for Chloe.

 

She was quite unclear of the causes at the time and her Medical Team focussed solely on treating the symptoms and markers of inflammation.

 

First she tried Mesalazine Suppositories (NHS: Mesalazine), which did not appear to lead to improvements.

 

Next – a major challenge to her situation was that there was a miscommunication between departments and she received no Medical IBD support during the duration of her pregnancy with her first child.

 

The birth was traumatic and accompanied by a flare-up of Ulcerative colitis and hospitalisation.

 

The Medical support was engaged again and further investigations of a Colonoscopy and Biopsies revealed a chronic ulcerative colitis in multiple sections of the colorectal mucosa.

 

Treatment at this point was ramped up to Intravenous Steroids for 3 days and Oral Prednisone.

 

The Azathioprine was stopped due to causing Pancreatitis.

 

Whilst this helped to stabilise the symptoms over the next few months, she still experienced a Hospitalisation with a flare-up.

 

Hence she had a Biologics work-up and started on Infliximab Infusions and stopped the Steroids.

 

That brings us to the point at which Chloe contacted us at the Functional Health Clinic.

 

She was satisfied that her condition had been diagnosed and was being managed. But she did have some concerns around ongoing treatments, goals beyond the current situation and questions that nobody else was asking and answering.”

 

She told us that – “My goals are to improve the quality of my life, understand the triggers and how to reduce and manage them. And hopefully aim for remission”.