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Posted 7/15/2013 12:46 PM (GMT 0)
What associations have you noticed between your period and UC symptoms....if any?
Posted 7/15/2013 12:53 PM (GMT 0)
Last time during my period i had a sudden flare up which never happened before, so i think there may be an association, i've read that some doctors suspect high estrogen level as a possible cause of uc
Posted 7/15/2013 2:01 PM (GMT 0)
My IBD always flares with hormonal cycles. If this is giving you a lot of problems you might consider going on birth control pills to regulate your hormones.
Posted 7/15/2013 4:35 PM (GMT 0)
I do get flare ups with my period along with dark/black diarrhea. My cycle only last about 4 days then I go back to my "normal" diarrhea. I just started on Humira 4 weeks ago and today is the first day I've had a regular bowel movement months. Is anyone one else on Humira? How do you feel about taking it?
Posted 7/15/2013 5:16 PM (GMT 0)
Since my early 20s, I've gotten what I call "the period craps," which is just mild diarrhea. When I'm flaring, periods don't make the flares/symptoms worse, though.

I had an IUD inserted about 7 or 8 months ago, and while I had trouble telling the difference between uterine cramps and gastrointestinal cramps (and was pretty miserably uncomfortable for a while), it didn't make my flare worse.

I've had chronic skin inflammation for a long time, and during college, I switched to a lower hormone pill to see if lower estradiol (estrogen) improved my symptoms. It didn't. Oh well!
Posted 7/15/2013 9:44 PM (GMT 0)
Since being diagnosed in October I have had several worse times during that time of month. I even called my GI and he said yes, that the hormones can affect and cause flares. Hope your feel better soon!
Posted 7/15/2013 10:47 PM (GMT 0)
Long before I was diagnosed I had mild GI distress during every period, along with cramping etc annoying symptoms. I've been taking hormonal birth control continuously (no placebos week) for about seven years and it's awesome. I do have breakthrough bleeding once in a while and will sometimes take a week off and have a full blown "period" (maybe 2-4 times per year) but in general I just feel better overall and it has been a huge help to have one less variable affecting my GI tract. There is a lot of research indicating that there's no real medical indication to take a placebo week when on hormonal birth control, and all of my GYNs have been supportive. I even learned from my current GYN that they can write the prescription in such a way that insurance will cover 18 packs per year instead of 13.
Posted 7/15/2013 11:31 PM (GMT 0)
Since I've been off prednisone in February I've been getting stomach pains on my period, sometimes blood. The pain is like a big pressure in my stomach and I don't usually eat anything the first day of my cycle. But I'm lucky and my period only lasts 2 days, 3 days top.
Posted 7/15/2013 11:40 PM (GMT 0)
Yep, always worse during period. If I am not flaring, I usually have tar like painful bm s.
Posted 7/16/2013 7:00 PM (GMT 0)
hahahaha Science Girl, I get the "period craps" too, I think all that cramping must mess me up. Though when flaring it just makes it all the more fun.
Posted 7/17/2013 3:18 PM (GMT 0)
Beth75 I just get the feeling that my body goes, "Hm, abdominal cramping! I guess we have diarrhea!" Very annoying!

(Also, I don't call them the period "craps," but HealingWell corrected my half-censored expletive that I use. THANKS SO MUCH.)
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