what is uc? in your opinion.

So my first doctor said that uc was an over active immune system that in times of heightened physical, evirronmental or emotional stress decides to attack itself. Hence the term auto immune disease. He said the disease was for the most part unrelated to diet. Now I see a naturopathic internist who believes uc is when someone has bad bacteria reigning in their gut. He also believes the three stressors can aggravate symptoms but that disease is caused by an imbalanced immune system, which can be balanced by giving patient different tests, getting results, and then recommending the specific supplament to balance whatever was off. I guess you could say that my first doctor(western) sought to treat the symptoms. You could say the internist is attempting to treat the disease. I've had a couple victories and defeats with each of them so honestly Im not bias toward either. I've only had this disease for a year and a half and I want the opinion of people further down the road, preferably who have tried both western and natural/integrated.

If you're looking for a cure you ain't gonna find it with a doctor and you ain't gonna find it with a Naturopath either. UC is forever. The best you can hope to achieve is a remission. That might happen with a doctor, a Naturopath, or something else. Everyone is different and responds to different things. Nothing is guaranteed, no matter who is treating you. As Marauder says, no one really knows. If they say they do then they're nothing but a liar.

One possibility? Interestingly,I have recently been diagnosed with 2 mthfr mutations...

http://symptomsofulcerativecolitissupport.com/causes-of-ulcerative-colitis/genetics-and-ulcerative-colitis/mthfr-gene-mutation/

However, 9 years ago, I realized that for me, my symptoms were probably caused fungus (birth control pill user, lived at one time in water-damaged house, another had some mold exposure (in basement), a teen antibiotic-user, which by definition are fungal toxins, etc). I changed my diet, experimented with an antifungal program/diet for a few months, continue to limit processed foods, no yeast or wheat, and haven't had a symptom or prescription med since.

Ipoop i have been waiting for that answer!!!

How do you avoid yeast it it just in bread, carbs?

I have no idea what it is and I've stopped trying to figure it out. I have thought it was so many things over the years and now I feel like I have no clue what is going on. I can tell you that I tried not eating at all while flaring and that didn't stop the flare so I don't see how food can be the cause or cure in my case. During my most recent AWFUL, severe flare up, I only drank organic chicken stock for a week and my symptoms were as bad as they were when I was eating normally - except going slightly less often due to less intake, but minimal improvement if any and purely from starving myself. At this point, I do think my condition is autoimmune. I used to believe I had a bug, infection, parasite, imbalance of bacteria, fungal/yeast overgrowth, hormonal issue, allergy, food intolerance, gluten sensitivity, bacterial infection, cancer, campylobacter, CMV, hpylori - you name it, i thought it was possible i had it. I've eliminated all of these possibilities and I still have symptoms.

You guys are very helpful and funny. I thought for sure there would be a difference in opinions but it looks fairly unanimous that UC is idiopathic.

hey breaker breaker -

nope, no filterin goin on -

nothing to do with uc - it's clean and tastes awesome so i don't screw with it - it's a little on the hard side but manageable - all them tasty minerals and such !

it's a little shy of 200' - most of the wells in this area are about the same -