While learning how to store bacteriostatic water after opening, keep in mind that bacteriostatic water is only for injection purposes, as it can cause irritation if used on the tissues for irrigation purposes
may cause iron-deficiency anemia Nausea and vomiting particularly with stricturing disease/obstruction Urgency and tenesmus with rectal/colonic involvement Weight loss and malnutrition due to malabsorption, food avoidance, elevated metabolic demand Fever with active inflammation, abscess, or fistula Perianal disease fissures, fistulae, skin tags, abscesses Extraintestinal Manifestations Arthropathy peripheral or axial (enteropathic arthritis, M07.6x) Dermatologic: Erythema nodosum (L52), pyoderma gangrenosum, psoriasis (L40.5) Ocular: Uveitis/iritis (H20.01), episcleritis, scleritis Hepatobiliary: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (K73.2), fatty liver, cholelithiasis Metabolic: Osteopenia/osteoporosis (from steroid use and malabsorption), nephrolithiasis Hematologic: Anemia (iron deficiency, B12/folate deficiency, anemia of chronic disease) When a patient with Crohns disease is admitted with significant weight loss, malnutrition, or protein-calorie deficiency , query the provider to specify the degree of malnutrition (mild, moderate, severe protein-calorie malnutrition)
Doses like 0.5 mg, 1 mg, or 1.5 mg require more dilute reconstitution to ensure accurate measurement
Drawing 0.1 mL (10 units on a U-100 insulin syringe) delivers 250 mcg
