 [ Symptoms ] how to heal crohn is ulcers  my husband has crohns he has no pain and is mostly symptom free he was diagnosed with crohns from a biopsy after intestinal cancer he has had two surgeries to remove ulcers and he has deep ulcers again the doctor wants to put him back on endocort but that was the drug he was on when he got the ulcers back after the second surgery he has been checked for inflammation but the tests always come back well within normal limits what can we do to heal the ulcers [ Disease ] you ask a good question and i can tell you are sincerely interested in helping your husband live as well as possible with his crohn is disease unfortunately there is no way to heal the crohn is ulceration if that were possible then no one would experience the ulcers because we could cure them all crohn is disease is a chronic long lasting incurable disease of the digestive tract in crohn is the lining of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus can become inflamed with ulcers these ulcers tend to come and go    or at least to wax and wane in their severity several medications like entocort  help manage the general inflammation of the digestive tract caused by crohn is entocort budesonide is a corticosteroid that reduces inflammation i want to point out that just because your husband was taking budesonide at the time his crohn is flared up it does not mean the medication was not working or that it caused the flare think of it this way you could be eating ice cubes and still get a sudden fever it does not mean the ice cubes were not cooling you down or that they caused the fever it just means your body is temperature overpowered the effect of the ice cubes temporarily i wish your husband well crohn is can be a difficult disease to manage and he is lucky to have you to help him wishing you well