Does anyone think that they have UC from food poisoning?

I was just wondering if anyone thinks their UC stemmed from a bout of food poisining? I feel mine did. I ate alphalfa sprouts without washing them and that night I was deathly ill, vomitting and diarreah at the same time. It was like 3 -6 months later I started bleeding. I had a colonoscopy and they found no ulcers, no irritation, no hemmroids, so what was causing the bleeding? I have been on a personal mission for 3 years, have seen 8 doctors in that time and only one doctor, this NP that I'm working with now believes there's still a bacteria in my colon. To make a long story short, we've been cleansing my liver/galbladder for 4 months now and killing bacteria. I've just started out on IPS by Biotics 10 days ago and finally 2 days ago the bleeding has stopped completely. I can't believe it. The only time my bleeding ever stopped was when I was on both oral and rectal meds. I hope I'm helping someone who believes their UC was started from food poisoning. Even though every MD, GI that I went to said there's no sign of bacteria and I took a broad spectrum antibiotic and those didn't really help, I believe they were missing something. I did do a parasite test too and they guy said from what you described, you have a bacteria that the doctors aren't looking for. Some of you on this site had a parasite test done by the company in AZ. I really like the doctor and he seemed very, very, knowledgeable.  My doctor said there's a strain of ecoli I forget the number of the strain, that can live in your gut, bury itself and destroy the mucus lining, thence leaky gut.

My doctor is Dr. Tent in Novi, MI 248-477-0380, he was referred to me by 4 different people and said this guy "cures" people. What did I have to lose? I want to help you or anyone who believe it was food poisoning that caused their UC. I was so sick, I really think I was dying from the inside out and I just want to help others. One day I will write a long story or whatever to describe the day in and day out of the living hell I was in for the past 3 years. I've hit a turning point, 3 months off meds, 4 months on supplements and now the bleeding has stopped I know I will recover faster. This is a weird qinky dink, that I have left sided colitis, it seemed like my left hand has a wart on it, my face has a little red spot (age spot maybe) a little inflammation under my left eye , but now that my bleeding has stopped the inflammation on these areas are down and they were only on my left side.

Going the NP route will take time to cleanse and repair, be patient.

Well, I don't know for sure about that either. But all I know is I ended up with food poisoning from fried chicken I had eaten at the cafeteria I worked at and that night I was vomiting and had nonstop diarrhea. It went on for days and I had to be put in the hospital. Not only did I have salmonella, I had a kidney infection and ulcerative colitis. Don't know whether it was caused by the food poisoning. I spent 8 days in isolation very ill.

You have to have the genetic predisposition of UC to get UC. Granted your food borne illness could have triggered your first flare but that doesn't mean if you had not gotten a food borne illness that you would not have been diagnosed with UC. You just would have gotten diagnosed down the road.

Sue

UC Mom said...
How does one have the genetic disposition if no one in the family has a history of any auto- immune diseases?

I have been wondering that myself and my GI was also purplexed because my 23 year old daughter and I got our first symptoms within a week of each other.  Nobody, but nobody in my family history has had any issues with their digestive tracts or any other autoimmune disease.

Don't confuse genetic predisposition to hereditary. I also am the only one in my family with UC. I have the gene for it and my
parents and siblings did not. It's just like some people may develop high cholesterol or high blood pressure that is unrelated
to diet and lifetyle. Those people, too, are genetically predisposed to that problem but it doesn't mean that their siblings or
parents will be genetically predisposed.

Sue