Liquid diet helps Crohn’s patients
Steve Marduch has Crohn’s disease, an inflammation of the digestive tract. Eating was followed by stomach pains and vomiting. He was taking standard steroidal treatment, until his mom became worried.
“All those drugs that are used for Crohn’s disease have very bad, very bad side effects,” said Svetlana Smarduch.
She found a treatment used across Europe called Enteral Nutrition. It’s a nutritional shake that put Steve’s disease in remission.
“It’s safer than most other modes of treatment we have available,” according to Dr. Randolph McConnie, a pediatric gastroenterologist at Rush University Medical Center.
Although steroids work, they can increase the risk of osteoporosis, high blood pressure, and infections.
