Does not hurt to go on a health food diet! No sugar etc.......
Get Advantage Digestive, start today, can be found in any drug store. PROBIOTIC - VERY IMPORTANT! NO SUGAR!!! that means all sweets. NO REFINE FOOD. Start with root veg, brown rice cooked chicken,...
Yunnan baiyao helps with bleeding...
You must eat! No refine food, NO SUGAR, Good food : brown rice, cooked chicken, spinach (I read it here ! very good) potatoes, whole wheat bread, pears, bananas, oatmeal. Advantage Digestive for UC...
Hi, Here is the site I found for Primadophilus Reuteri Nature's Way http://www.herbalremedies.com/14240.html (it is on sale now!) which was rec by pb4. That one has 5 billion bacteria. I believe it...
Please let me know how you are doing. [email protected] Good luck!...
My son is the one with UC. To stop the bleeding I gave him Yunnan Baiyao, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunnan_Baiyao open capsule and mix with warm water. once in morning and once at night before you...
I looked over this post, almost everyone is talking about med. I strongly believe that you must approach the problem from all sides. Diet should be very limited, brown rice,potatoes, root veg,...
I recommend Advantage digestive, for UC, I gave my son and it helped, actually, they have money back guaranty if it does not work. I also gave him iron because he was very tired from all that blood...
what are you eating? When my son was bleeding for 5 months, I came to be with him,he was so tired, I bought iron pills. I thought that from so much blood loss, he was exhausted too. I bought herbal...
I bought for my son the vsl#3, the # of bacteria - 450 billion per serving. In Kefir 10 billion , For the price you get more bacteria. You can take 1/2 or 1/4, and you still get more. In the morning...
My son started about a week ago, at the same time he also takes advantage digestive for colitis, iron pill (he had not energy). He takes A/D and Iron +4 Asacol in the morning with BF. About 1 hour...
Do you drink it during a flare?...
I am no expert, but for some reason, I think this is like putting lemon juice on an open wound..... I would think that this is very irritating....
The probiotic in the store are in dairy product, my son started the VSL#3 only one day looks promising but will keep you posted. Advantage digestive for colitis, for the 2nd day works good. I also...
Susie, Sorry, very sorry. As a mom(me), what is your mother telling you to do?...
Anytime is a good time, if too early, you can always set up the table! Thank you for the tip, I will go buy rice pasta....
Always welcome! Thanks, I did not know about the skin, thanks for telling me....
Thank you all ! I would like to make pasta primavera, I welcome ALL suggestions, please, tell me if something is wrong. Sauce - olive oil with garlic, Pasta - whole wheat. Veg - carrots, parsnip,...
My son started yesterday, for the first time with vsl#3, this morning he said that his stomach feels more "settled", of course it is primature yet. Also, he took for the last 2 days advantage...
what about cauliflower? Is garlic in food ok/ I thought that garlic (cooked) is an anti-inflammatory?!...
I need help in this area, please....
My son came up with a flare EVERY TIME there was very bad stressful situation at work. It had never failed!! Once he came out of the flare, he was in remission until the next devastating situation...
My son takes now the "Kefir" which has 10 billion bacteria. VSL#3 has 450 billion bacteria, I think I will tell him to start gradually, how did you start taking it? the full dose?...
I read that you take VSL#3 I went to their site and read, it looks promising, is there a place to buy it or only order from the site? any feedbak?...
I read on the site, it seems promising, please let me know _ thank you in advance...
Just found out that Kefir has 10 billion bacteria per serving, VSL#3 has 225 billion bacteria per serving, is more better?...
My son takes "kefir". I was looking to see how much bacteria it has per serving - it does not say anywhere! may be it does not have enough? AMK77 wrote about VSL#3, I googled it and found out it has...
Last time he went to the dr, about a month or so ago, the treatment that the dr suggested was to suppress the immune system, well, that scared me ! after reading in many places about probiotic, he...
I just googled and found something called "the star fish project". I emailed the a question to see if Asacol would be qualified to be donated. I will keep you posted....
GI does not want to deal with medication....
Leftover Asacol - anyone can recommend a place to donate it? My son stopped taking these pills and he has so many left over - it is a shame to throw away. I know that there is an organization that...
My son started with probiotic, it seems safe, watery stool, some blood in the stool, all symptoms the same but the situation does not get better drastically, i guess it takes time....
My son in low (He is an orthopedic surgeon ) says that the only pill which does not cause bleeding is Celebrex. the rest (advil and such) cause bleeding and should stay away from it. Celebrex need Rx....
This combo can be found at any drug store?...
My son seems to get a flare every time there is pressure at work. He was diagnosed at 13 it went away and did not come back till about 23 with a new stressful job. Thereafter 4-5 times when things...
How long would it take to help the pain?...
How long would it be till it takes affect?...
Any idea of natural treatment?...
Just finished to text my son, no blood today but he has joints pain all over the body, this is going on for about 2-3 weeks, he says now he knows how "old" people feel... I read that this will go...
My son is taking it for a week now, today 2 trips to br, he says a bit less blood. He wants to increase the probiotic to twice a day from once. Any one has any input?...
I talked to one, she recommended it but I wanted to see if anyone else had used it. I also read here that calcium help with bleeding, any idea?...
Judy, I heard that it does the opposite action, I also googled it , it says that it stops bleeding. can you send me the link please? I would send you what I found but I do not want it to be like an...
Anyone heard about this herb?...
Dear NuffinButtTrouble, Thank You for your support, yes, he is avoiding all dairy products, sugar, coffee, etc... he tried to avoid protein but could not, very hungry and tired. He eat cooked chicken...
Dear Lemonhear and Munchkindd, Thank you so much for the advices I wrote all down and will let him know. I wonder, if the asacol does not do anything, I think I should tell him to get off them....
Dear Julee, Thank you very much for your quick answer! He takes an enema every night and that does not help. He is on the west coast and I am on the east coast, I am going to be with him next week...
My son (29) was diagnosed with UC few years ago, he had 4-5 flare up, every time it gets worse. The last flare up started about 5 months ago and the asacol does not help(he takes them anyway 4 pills...