UC and smoking

Someone told me that he got his UC symptoms after few month he quite smoking. I was thinking...After I quit smoking, I've got pregnant, and then, after few month my baby was born, I was diagnosed with UC. Does UC and smoking related? Who had the same experience? I know it's stupid question cos nobody knows where it comes fron, but I'm just curies...

 

yes, smoking can help, but as always, what works for some doesn't work for all... read this link...

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/35173.php

:)

when i was first diagnosed, my doc said that my flare "could" have been triggered by my quitting smoking.

i had a severe flare for year and half and i didnt smoke.

now, during  this last flare, i started smoking again (3-5 cigs a day) and i have gotten better so much faster.

my docs all say 'dont smoke, its bad for you, but there is a link"

one actually prescribed the patch and the gum.

but i think the cigs have helped me this last flare.

now that im pretty much better,  i am going to 'taper' my cigs.

no quit cold turkey as i dont want to chance re-flaring, but slowly i will cut them out.

we'll see what happens i guess.

hi everyone i normally frequent the ostomy site,  but after seeing this topic i had to read it. I find this topic fascinating. I suffered all my life with severe constipation, pain bloating etc....... i always found that smoking helped me. Some people thought i was just trying to use any old excuse to carry on with a bad habit, but truthfully wasnt like that. I stopped smoking lots of times and it always got worse. I had my large bowel rremoved last year and after a while my bms started to go away again and i was getting constipated again. i started again and things improved, then doing other things too helped me on my way. I am not ready to stop and dont know if i ever will, yes smoking is bad i think everyne can agree to that but sometimes a minority of people are helped by it. My doc agreed. he says that the stimulants in ciggies can help get you moving.  Just thought i would share my opinion, thank you

For me, I honestly can't say if by quitting smoking triggered my Uc. I got pregnant with my son, quit smoking of course. I started seeing symptoms but I didn't recognize it at the time, I thought it was just something I ate that was giving me D. It was real sporadic too. I started smoking again after my son was about 6 months old. I ate some turkey that I believe was bad and that started the whole cycle again but this time the symptoms didn't go away and then the bleeding started. I also was sick alot and was on many many antibiotics at that time. So I am not sure if my Uc was triggered by quitting, my pregnancy, bad food or excessive antibiotic usage. But it seems to me that it all originated from me quitting. I'm sure I would've had it triggered eventually though.

I quit smoking in november 2006. Started bleeding a month later.

Had my last flare up 11/2008. started smoking agian....no more flare ups. It has not gone away 100%. But for me the smoking was the remission drug.

My GI doc told me,
"chris, it would be unethical for me to tell you to start smoking......UC is generally not a smokers disease" and he left it at that.

Yes lung ca might be in the future. But i do all i can to take care of my body minus that one nasty fact. I ride my bicycle 60-80 miles a week and I run every single day 2-3 miles.

I never quit smoking and got UC anyway.