ginger is a no-go

Every time I eat ginger I get severe burning (not kidding) when I pass stool. The burning is so bad my eyes tear and I think I'm going to see blood for sure. Obviously, I'm avoiding it now. The first time this happened I ate about 100 natural ginger chews in one day. Then last night while watching season six of Mad Men I indulged in some gluten-free ginger snaps...thinking those would be mild. Today major burning. I know ginger is spicy, but didn't think it would burn so bad. I feel like once you flare your body is never the same again.

100 natural ginger chews in one day?? Your body can make you allergic to substances if you overdose on them. It's clever that way. This often happens to people who get a poisoning from something like lobster. Their body will react as if allergic always afterwards.

It may be possible to desensitize yourself by starting with absolutely tiny amounts, like they are doing now for peanut allergy. Only build up to a couple of biscuits though

www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatter/2014/01/31/oral-immunotherapy-may-hold-promise-for-children-with-peanut-allergy/

London may have a point, although desensitizing is usually done in such miniscule amounts I don't know if the average person could do it by themselves. People have died from just a small amount of peanuts, etc.. I "cured" by first autoimmune disease with allergy shots after figuring out I had an almost unnoticeable problem with fall molds and pollens which directly correlated to my autoimmune disease (it took me 9 years to figure this out). That autoimmune disease has been in remission for about 15 years now. Doctors basically know that UC and other autoimmune diseases are caused by a malfunctioning immune system and that's why many treatments focus on weakening the immune system. It is theoretically possible that with UC our bodies are having an allergic reaction to some kind of foods (or the bacteria associated with these types of foods) and this allergic reaction is what triggers the immune response and our UC. Unfortunately, in many cases it may be almost impossible to figure out which exact foods or bacteria are actually responsible for this malfunction. Many of us use specific diets as treatment or eliminate specific foods. While this may help our condition maybe we are doing the exact opposite of what we should be doing - taking in miniscule amounts of the problem allergen to desensitize our bodies to what is causing the problem and poof - we could be cured.