Researchers have found a link with prostaglandin D2 and UC remission

Hi everyone, I haven't been on here in a while so I don't know if this has been posted, but I saw this article about a chemical found in the body, prostaglandin D2, being eleveted in people in remission of UC. I'm assuming it's just a discovery, and it will have to be examined more before determining if it is a major breakthrough in finding a treatment for UC, but it sounds promising.



http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100614160155.htm



Happy days to all, UC is a devastating condition that takes a lot to endure, and hopefully some day there will be a universal treatment that will bring this disease to an end.

Yavw - you'll have to excuse skeptics in here because we see many cures or 'this helps' posts similar to yours. They are well for a few days and some even a few weeks or months (rarely over 2-3 years though).

Many of these users post for 1-3 years then either have flares, surgery, go on to more meds, just change usernames or just disappear. Please keep us posted over the long haul (if it still works for you after 4 years then you're most likely one of the ones who just gets better.

We got a cure just a couple weeks ago - Nopal (gel from the prickly pear cactus - how many is that still helping btw?)
Before that was urine therapy (anyone try that?)
Aloe Vera is reported as a cure by some
Aloe Vera extract cured one guy
FMT was curing folks at first
Different diets are curing people it seems
Vitamin E enema;s
One guy was really excited over this diet where he ate just salmon and spinach
Another guy gave himself garlic and herb enemas 3 times a day - he was cured about 2-3 months

They rotate around and there are a lot of others posted

If you type in 'ulcerative colitis cure' in the search box you can see many.

I would not stop your maintenance meds as it sounds as though your symptoms were not that severe so I imagine stopping whatever it was you were doing to hurt yourself (drinking or eating foods you weren't tolerating, lowering stress or maybe the meds finally were working and you stopped overdoing physical activities and rested (?) just might be the primary reason you're not feeling as bad.

Hope it continues to bring you great success.