Do I have to take biologics?
New member here
Was diagnosed with UC 2 years ago during pregnancy with my second child.
I’m 41 now.
Since I was pregnant at symptom onset I had an unsedated sigmoidoscopy, instead of full colonoscopy, which was enough to diagnose UC. Calprotectin was so high the lab couldn’t measure it
Put on mesalamine suppositories which took away 95% of my symptoms which were almost all rectal. That alone brought my calprotectin to normal.
Later I had several colonoscopies which revealed…