yes please ppl, be respectful of each other. a suggestion to Van Jordan, I really appreciate your knowledge and your bio chemical understanding but do not call any thing a cure or solution yet. Its...
ok I'm was in 5years of remission and started to flare couple of weeks back. I'm always keep an eye on alternative medicine as well but only try them when I flare because does not want to ruin...
Seems to be good intiative to avoid surgery. They have applied remestemcel-L directly on the inflammation during colonoscopy....
Thanks Old Hat. Yes I do believe interrupted sleep can lead to inflamation. Quincy, they have tested me manytimes for Asthma but the results didn't show asthma. the doctor also told Adult asthma is...
Thanks Guys, I never stopped medications. I'm on Imuran and Mezavant. With this flare I have added Budesonide enema. Symptom controlled, 1 loose bm with no blood. But I'm cerain I'm not in remission...
Hi All, I'm back here after 5 years of remission. Long story short. I had my first flare, the day after giving birth to my first child in 2013, I was put on mezavant and prednisone for remission and...
Hi TotesMagotes, Congratulations on the pregnancy. I had asked the same question back in May and you had provided me with your experience. Thanks for that. I only read that post today. My flare...
Forgot to mention, I was also on pentasa enema every 2 days as well. I was on 100mg Imuran it started to cause immune suppression that's why doctor reduced it to 75mg. I had a miscarriage (not...
Hi, I'm 10 weeks pregnant and experiencing horrible flare for past one week. My current maintenance medications are 3.6 mg Mezavant and 75mg Imuran. Since flare started, doctor asked me to go on...
Scientist have found a new organ in the digestive system. The mesentery, which connects the intestine to the abdomen, has been now classified as a single organ. "The mesentery extends from the...
your symptoms sound like my current flare. My flare started in July last year, I was taking Mezavant tabs and Pentasa enema. After a scope, doctor started me on 50mg Imuran for 4 weeks then increased...
They have done a large gene study with 5000 PSC people in Norway to identify the link between PSC and UC. While they found many regions of the genome are associated with both PSC and IBD risk, they...
Hi OM, My apologies for posting a different topic in this thread.I had posted a thread few days ago about Intra-abdominal fat playing a role in a IBD. That post is moved to second page. But I'm...
yaa, Thats what I understands. This may be a better link http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150805111019.htm They says "signaling mediators produced by intra-abdominal fat cells from...
Is this the another piece of the puzzle? "The researchers observed signaling mediators from healthy fat cells were different than those from patients with IBD, which they said suggests creeping fat...
Asian cows produce A2 protein only. Europian cows produce A1 & A2. Yes A2 is easier to digest.subduedjoy said... It could be the protein. At least that is what it is for me. I buy Indian powdered...
A new theory to IBD, link here http://www.healthcanal.com/digestive-system/irritable-bowel-syndrome/65182-selfish-bacteria-link-ibd-and-gut-microbiota-changes.html ...
I have similar issue with my mom too. I guess she is having hard time in accepting Im chronically ill. Despite she seems that she is not serious about my diesease. She cooks for my family and take...
OM, I dont have much biology knowledge. But when I think about IBD, My thoughts says both are influenced by pathogens where, Colitis dominated by pathogens those eats mucus but not flesh. May be...
We make it in our home even before uc. It's our common breakfast. People tend to eat them as breakfast as fermented food can cause acid reflux. But I eat it as dinner. These are easy to digest but...
Camillie, There are variety of recipes for dosa. Simple recipe is using urad dal and raw rice. I use them in 1:2 composition. 1. Soak 1 cup urad dal and 2 cup raw rice (not parboiled) seperately over...
Fodmap is developed by monash university melbourne. Quite popular in Australia for ibs. Google fodmap monash university. They also have phone app....
Deltaforce, I think tumeric has blood thinning properties. Thats why its not recommended for pregnant ladies. It could get better with usage....
A new insight into how ibd develops published recently in a science news. I think it will be interesting for you guys. The study suggests bacteria produce small particles that can get into the lining...
This is bit of off topic, regarding oral biofilm. Scientist have found a way to break oral plaque using nano particle carrier. This may be useful for us in future....
I'm highly obsessed too. Always googling.. I think I spend atleast 2 hours a day researching about this disease....
This was on news today, http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inflammatory-bowel-disease-transmitted-by-maternal-bacteria/ As IBD mother should we breast feed or not??...
I understand your pain because I'm currently in a flare too. My flare kinced in during christmas. My doctor swtiched me from sufasalazine to mezevent. My symptoms increased so badly. I'm gluten and...
For Nothing L: Born in a third world country (Srilanka), Its true that people living in country side in third world country is exposed to more organic wastes than western people. But I guess if you...
Daisy, I also wanted to say take some vitamin D. Most likely she is deficient in it. about ayurvedic treatment, I have seen alot of icurable are cured by Ayurvedic treatment, but not with colitis. As...
Daisy, sorry to hear about your daughter. My parents are from srilanka too. Have you tried prednisone. I guess you can try Ayurvedic treatment top of regular meds but always follow doctors...
yaa DB you are right. But she suggested some antiviral meds which I dont remeber. But she said flayl may help too....
When I got my first flare in postpatrum, my post natal nurse, actually told me to get checked for virusus in stool culture. She beleived there is virus connection to diesease specially if you do not...
I have been doing this regime for couple of days now. I think its helping me little with the pain. I'm not sure about the extent because my symptoms were already better. But I can feel its cooling my...
Thanks everyone. But I ended up taking pred. I talked to pharmacy thats what they gave me as I still got the prescription for pred. I've started at 10mg now tapered to 5mg. Symptoms quickly...
Sorry Quincy I'm on 3G. My signature is wrong. I take 1.5g after breakfast and 1.5g after dinner....
Thanks... Both GI and GP offices are closed till 12th. My symptoms slightly increasing. can I have more of sulzopyrine??...
Thanks guys... This is my first flare since the initial one. So bit disappointed that my remission only lasted for 8 months....
No I don't:(...
I think i'm in a flare :). I had to go to toilet twice in the morning and seeing little mucous and blood. I will call my GP and GI tomorrow. But I think they will be in holidays as they usually take...
Thanks Mike, thats alot of great info, I used to take soy milk for sometime after UC but now I take lactose free milk. I'm thinking of changing back to soy milk. I really like the taste of it....
OM, The second article says" Bioactive sphingolipids play fundamental roles in carcinogenesis via their ability to regulate programmed cell death pathways". Then I went and researched on...
I have posted this before http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=3132128&g=3206568#m3206568 Agree. Me too always had poor sleep....
I found a recent medical reseaarch paper concludes, less than 6 hours sleep/day and more than 9 hours sleep day are each associated with an increased risk of UC. Find the article in the following...
Agree with above 2 posts. Dreadsteel, you are not only being harsh to an pregnant women and your opinion is not helping anyone. I guess your facts are also wrong because the probability is not huge...
I thought of jump in and thank Old Mike for doing his own research and updating us with valuable information. Really appreaciate it....
Interesting, I was diagonised after pregnancy. During pregnancy I had gestational diebetic. So I had restricted carb intake highly....
I was diagnosed after first delivery but I had few symptoms during pregnancy but I ignored them because I never aware of this disease before. Very similar to what fruitgirl said. I was never...
I understand what you mean. When I had my first flare post patrum, I was predominantly staying at home and visiting toilet 8-10 times a day. But when ever I go out, I could stay without going to...
Vitaka, The doctor on the show said, poor sleep cause hormone imbalance. Hormone imbalance is the key for chronic diseases. He said if there is a genetic possibility for a chronic disesase then it...