Ask your peri and GI for rectal meds - lowest impact to the baby...
Geeker go to ER - oral prednisone takes 5-7 days to work for a severe flare - you need IVs and Steroid IV now. Also ask for Steroid enema and cortifoam and Tylenol 3...
What's this talk about folic acid? I was in solid remission for 3 years but battling a horrid flare currently. I haven't changed anything in my diet and medication except taking folic acid for the...
great articles http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120816141531.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120816141527.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111017171502.htm...
not silly - I had a boxer and this is a breed with high risk of developing IBD...
I had my first one several months ago - it was very different than UC - liquid D, severe nausea, chills, fever. Lasted exactly 5 days. I didn't do anything different...
PJCL, get dr. hale's book "medications and mother's milk" and also post on his forum. He is the expert on medication. I nursed for 2.5 years, no formula but I was not on medication at that time....
I had terrible tonsillitis for 15 years http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ad/2012/189096/...
He checks for a lot of infectious agents (hopkins has a great lab) and doesn't rule out an infection cause. He's big on diet, butyrate, very conservative with immunomodulators and biologics. Asks...
Yes, he is one of my doctors....
My son is fine but the doctors completely ignored my worries - they thought it was unrelated and he bled because the D irritated his colon. But again that 10% or whatever really is (nobody knows)...
I concur with badslinke and I did TONS of research. Resistant starch and beans are great for colon health but prepared the old fashioned way that has been done for centuries - soaking overnight in...
http://www.gutpathogens.com/content/pdf/1757-4749-3-20.pdf...
Pam222, it's looking more and more like this. Whatever the GI can see is not what's going on in the cells. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21396639 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20962621...
great news...
I know I have it - it also cases tonsillitis and gum disease. I had major problems with my tonsils for 12 years (2-3 infections each year) and had to get bone and gum grafts for my teeth....
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111017171502.htm [activated link] ...
no sugar or sugar substitutes - I'm fine with honey. Sugar feeds bacteria no gluten http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19519468 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17989107 no red wine, very little...
Stremmel product will most likely never be available on the market because the drug will not produce the the financial margin required by pharmas. See the proof right here - went to phase 4 but was...
The flu shot....
Yes, it's safe and has no side effects. I take 2 with my homemade SCD yogurt in the morning and evening, and wait 2 hours after or 2 hours before the sulfa because sulfa is an antibiotic. I'd rather...
for urgency, nothing beat canasa in my opinion. twice/day with no blood is pretty good...
I have 2 GI doctors at different practices and both put me on a diet and supplements....
my suggestions: diet - cut all grains, milk products and all forms of sugar, they feed the bacteria. just chicken soup/broth, cooked apples, green bananas. No alcohol especially red wine. I'm in...
Joanna, I'm so sorry, we all feel this way and it's so hard when you're young....
My GI put me on 3 grams/day and Marc is right. I take Doctor's Best 1000 mg 3 times/day. It has black pepper. Lecithin and fat also help with absorption. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21649456...
Did you have other kids after your daughter? On medication during pregnancy or breastfeeding? thanks...
big hugs for both of you. I also developed the disease after the birth of my child - it is common. Please read these articles and also research "microchimerism"...
It's bacterial but has to hit under the right conditions (pregnancy, after birth, immunocompromised, damaged intestinal barrier)....
water and green tea. Green tea calms my colon like no other - not sure why maybe selenium or its anti inflammatory properties...
I did with some modifications. IMO, her theory about no sugars or gluten holds based on recent research showing genetic similarities between celiac and IBD and also bacterial imbalance and IBD. I eat...
so I have the cold or flu from my child (thanks back to school season!) - had fever, terrible bone aches and now just headache and bad congestion. Since yesterday my stomach has been bothering me,...
deltaforce, there is a link. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=ulcerative%20colitis%20mother%20autism How mild is his autism?...
4 sulfas is just for maintenance. What I would do 1) 8 entero coated sulfa/day or whatever the max is 2) 4 VSL DS/day; 2 hours before or after the sulfa 3) canasa every morning 4) rowasa every...
I think it means that archaebacteria could cause IBD and lactose intolerance. This is what I found about them from an article published in 2008. "Microbes that produce methane gas, methanogens, were...
Of course not - a cure would mean zero income and loss of jobs for them....
I work 60 hours/week - when I was flaring I didn't eat all day until after work. In remission, it doesn't impact my work life unless I have lunch meetings and need to find some safe foods....
"Lactose sensitivity occurred in a much higher proportion of patients, (approximately 70%), with IBD than previously thought. " "The high breath methane raised the possibility of a pathogenic role...
big big hugs...
I have 2 green bananas for resistant starch every day...
another good reason to keep using the topical medication mean disease duration was 18 years, most tumors found in the rectosigmoid http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21739534...
BeatUC, there's a ton of research going on. Just sign up for plos one, pubmed, sciencedaily, and google scholar email subscription and familiarize yourself with the language. some examples...
It's the UC, not Canasa causing the fatigue....
in my opinion, Cleveland, Hopkins, and Mayo follow the same procedure....
I'd do probiotics and very strict diet - the baby can grow just fine on protein, cooked veggies and good fats (olive oil, fish oil). Always check with ob-gyn and GI...
Yes, I take 2 with breakfast (2 hours after the VSL3) and 2 with dinner (2 hours before the VSL3)....
I took antibiotics twice since being diagnosed and they work great for me - I believe that's why I can take sulfa and not the other 5ASA....
Love mine - have been using the compound pharmacy version for 6 months now. Can't wait for the real deal - no side effects!...
I'm taking 4 EC pills/day. No side effects...
I totally believe it - it might be a new bacteria or an older one that was kept in check by the consumption of probiotic and prebiotic foods in the traditional diets. Pasteur Institute is working on...