Carticosteroid medications (commonly called steroids) are powerful anti-inflammatory drugs used to treat severe Crohn's Disease flares. These steroids are usually combined with other drugs to yield faster symptom relief. However, they are only recommended for active Crohn's flares due to the significant side effects. Alternative treatments are advised for Crohn's disease in remission.
Welcome to my Bog Blog. "Bog," by the way, is British slang for toilet and it seems so appropriate for an IBD blog. If you had told me when I was twenty years-old that some day not too far in the future I would be scoping out the nearest toilet wherever I went I would have said you were nuts. But, indeed, this odd habit became part of my…