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Posted 11/8/2009 6:55 PM (GMT 0)
Does anyone else notice that they seem to flare at a certain time of year?

I notice my flares always seem to be late summer into early fall, with this one lasting the longest.

Does anyone know why this is?

Posted 11/8/2009 8:27 PM (GMT 0)
     I often wondered if it was seasonal related too.  There is a lot of asthma in my family history, psoriasis too.  I first flared in Sept of 98.  All my subsequent flares (too numerous to mention)  have begone either in May or Sept.
Posted 11/8/2009 9:55 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, I've noticed this, too. Late summer into early fall for me, also, though I was fine this fall.

Then sometimes I have a lesser flare going into Christmas, and sometimes a mini-one in spring.

Not each happens every year.

When I was first diagnosed there was talk about an allergy connection because of the seasonal thing. As I remember, my doc told me Fall was generally the worst for the GI bleeders, followed by Spring, then summer, then winter...
Posted 11/8/2009 10:51 PM (GMT 0)
Definitely.

Now that I think of it, I've been through two changes in season without flaring!! The Remicade is working well.
Posted 11/9/2009 2:21 AM (GMT 0)
Peety - that's great!! :-)
Posted 11/9/2009 3:16 AM (GMT 0)
My flares are during the summer, 2007 was end of May into mid of July. This year was mid July to beginning of Sept. Guess we'll just see what happens next year.
Posted 11/9/2009 1:16 PM (GMT 0)
I was in my first flare all last year. But it started in the fall of 2007. Lasted till mid winter 2008. I started to feel "not right" this fall. Went back to my diet and regime. Also found a topic on a site... I thought it was this one but might have been another.... about the effects of lack of sunlight on our disease. And how it may be contributing to our flares. So this year I added vitamin D to my daily meds. Not sure what all worked, but the "not right" feeling has went away for the most part. (supposedly vitamin D is the vitamin we get from the sun light.) Now I'm obviously not a fan of all the pills we seem to have to take with this disease but.... Hey this is a vitamin, right? LOL
Posted 11/9/2009 1:20 PM (GMT 0)
Seasonal allergies can trigger a Uc flare. Allergies are nothing more then an immune response to an allergen that your body doesn't like. Add in Uc and that immune response goes haywire. Even if you do not have seasonal allergy symptoms your body can still mistake an allergen as an invader and ramp up. I am on allergy meds 24/7 and it helps me with my fall flares. It doesn't always help in the fall but it does minimize my flares.
Posted 11/9/2009 7:22 PM (GMT 0)
Agree with Sherry that seasonal allergies can play a part. So can holiday indulgences and lack of vitamin D that may be triggers for folks who flare in late fall to winter. I flared originally in late winter/early spring and found myself in the ER on almost the exact same date the next year. I high quality probiotic, vitamin D supplement and a full spectrum light box helped me break the pattern.
Posted 11/9/2009 7:54 PM (GMT 0)
The seasonal aspect for me are directly connected to the stress connected to the responsibilities, commitments, colds, etc. Change always happens with the new seasons.

I totally agree with the lack of Vitamin D, probiotics and spectrum light. I hate cloudy days, and we had about 85% dark grey days since the warm weather started...ugh. I do credit a lot to my not losing it to upping Vitamin D. I've since gotten a spectrum light (blue) that has helped a lot....but what's most invigorating is that I haven't gotten a cold in a long while...compared to last year, this is awesome!

WE're also in a long stint of fabulous weather, lots of sun and it's given me a second wind.

I hope I can continue till Christmas....because I'm not planning on flaring again this year..lol!

quincy
Posted 11/9/2009 8:33 PM (GMT 0)
Yes. Definitely. For me it's cold weather. I tend to get sick my my body is cold. All my flares happened when the weather turned cold.
Posted 11/9/2009 11:23 PM (GMT 0)

glad for all the feedback. I will start vitamin D this week, this is one supplement I do not take right now. I did start on Physllium husks last week and that along with my first Remicade treatment has really helped. I feel 80 % better. Still tapering the Pred and cannot wait to get off that.

Posted 11/10/2009 1:13 AM (GMT 0)
My flares are definitely seasonal, I think it's due to the football season. Watching games gets me so stressed out :(
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