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Posted 12/13/2013 1:15 AM (GMT 0)
I have recently had a mysterious ibd/colitis flareup and am going to keep a log to try to figure out what is causing it (I feel absolutely fine until late afternoon/early evening when it comes on with a vengeance. My question is how long after eating or drinking something I shouldn't will that food/drink cause a flare? If I have a flare at say 6 oclock was it something I ate at lunch or an hour before the flare? Thanks...
Posted 12/13/2013 1:41 AM (GMT 0)
am I the only one who smiles, and yes, sometimes even snicker, when I see the word LOG on this forum ?



I think you are calling something a flare that actually isn't a flare - flares don't just come and go with the time of day -


have you been dx'd with uc guy ??
Posted 12/13/2013 3:26 AM (GMT 0)
"Was it something I ate" gives me flashbacks of when I was first trying to deal with IBS. Sometimes food can cause immediate reaction, other times days later. Sometimes food "a" causes no problem on its own, but add in food "b" with food "a" and wam-oh symptoms. Unless you do an elimination diet and slowly add foods in one at a time with about four days between new foods you won't be able to really identify food triggers, and will drive yourself nuts.

P.s....I also find "log" funny tongue
Posted 12/13/2013 3:50 AM (GMT 0)
Not sure what your definition of a flare is. Flares don't really happen at 6:00 they usually happen for weeks or months or years. Are you saying you are a totally normal human being the rest of the day but are having violent bloody diarrhea around 6:00 and then you're fine for the rest of the day/night? Exactly what are your symptoms? I've noticed when I eat something really wrong it gets me anywhere from almost immediately to within a couple of hours at the most. That's not the same though of generally eating foods that don't help your condition which could take several hours to work their way through your system. Were you actually diagnosed with IBD? If so, what did you do to achieve remission and what are you doing to stay in remission? It is also possible you might have a histamine intolerance. Many UC'rs are low on the digestive enzyme DAO which breaks down dietary histamines so if you eat too many foods or drinks that are high in histamines you effectively have a histamine overdose and when that happens to me I have severe almost immediate bloody diarrhea for the next several hours. I am very miserable indeed during those hours. Since taking the digestive enzyme DAO before eating high histamine foods I don't usually ever have a problem at all, or you can just eat a low histamine diet - if this happens to be what your problem is.
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