okay so its sort of chronic inflammatory disease affecting predominantly the bowel but it can affect other parts of the body like skin joints sometimes even the eyes um but thats more unusual um so we were planned to start you on some steroids initially to try and reduce the inflammation down and also medication called pentasa which is a maintenance therapy um so have you had any steroids at all yet from your gp or 
okay its of chronic inflammatory disease affecting predominantly the but it can other of body like skin joints sometimes even the eyes um more um so we were planned start some steroids to try reduce the inflammation down and also medication called pentasa which is a maintenance therapy um so have you had any steroids at all yet from gp or