IBD News
New recommendations for IBD patient during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Summarized from the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory
Bowel Disease
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- IBD patients do not seem to be at any increased risk of contracting the
coronavirus that causes COVID-19 pandemic, compared to people without IBD.
- In general, it is recommended in patients who are asymptomatic and at lower
risk for COVID-19, to continue their current medications for IBD. The
exception to this is of prednisone (see below).
- Taking prednisone at doses of greater than 20mg daily may be linked to
a higher risk of contracting and having more serious infection with COVID-19.
Speak to your doctor right away if you can taper off these medications
(do not discontinue yourself as this can be dangerous to do so)
- If you do develop COVID-19 infection, certain IBD medications including
certain biologic drugs (injections/infusions) may need to be held for
at least 14 days or until you recover and/or test negative for the corona
virus. Speak to your gastroenterologist immediately if you do test positive
or develop symptoms of a cough, fever, sore throat or shortness of breath.
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