what caused your flare?

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embersglow1

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Joined : Nov 2013

Posts : 1612

Posted 1/30/2014 7:20 PM (GMT 0)

Besides stress and quitting smoking ... my first major flare finally reared its ugly head after a night of heavy drinking. With my husband. On our anniversary!

We got a new drink that we didn't realize was so strong. Ended up waking up with diarrhea (which I've only had 3 times before in my life) and havent had a solid poo since! (June 24th 2013)

keematt

New Member

Joined : Feb 2014

Posts : 3

Posted 2/5/2014 5:11 PM (GMT 0)

FLU SHOT!!!! I was diagnosed in May 2012. Went into spontaneous remission May 2013. Was off all meds and feeling great for 6 months until I took the flu shot Oct.30th. Started flare next day. Makes sense because flu shot introduces small amount of dead flu virus into your system so you can build immunity. Once my immune system kicked in it went into overdrive!!!

Eil

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Joined : May 2011

Posts : 54

Posted 2/14/2014 2:37 AM (GMT 0)

I've only had 2 flares. The first was almost definitely caused by taking the antibiotic doxycycline for 6 months to treat rosacea. That one cleared up immediately upon starting Lialda. The 2nd one was 1-1/2 years later and was caused by my colonoscopy or prep. Got a clean bill of health on the colonoscopy and was bleeding like crazy 2 weeks later. That one took about 6 weeks to get under control.

UC89

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Joined : Feb 2014

Posts : 79

Posted 2/14/2014 3:44 AM (GMT 0)

I really don't know what caused mine, but I finished taking augmentin for the first time and about 1 week after finishing I noticed things were "off." I was then diagnosed with UC about 6 weeks later when I was hospitalized. Originally they thought I had C-Diff from the augmentin, turned out to be UC. I am not sure if the augmentin had anything to do with it or not, honestly I will always associate the two.

e_dawn

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Joined : Dec 2013

Posts : 101

Posted 2/14/2014 7:24 PM (GMT 0)

I don't know what caused my flares. I've always struggled with bloating/ibs issues. My first flare was as a college student, working full time/stressful home life.

In the last ten years of remission, I've had some major stressors. Horrible divorce with my ex using our sons as pawns, moving from Idaho to WA in the middle of the divorce, losing my mother and brother a week apart. I could hardly drive a car, took xanax for awhile. Years after all that, life calms down, I make an appt. for a colonoscopy and within weeks I begin to flare. What's up with that?

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