Squeaks
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Well as some of you may know I have Crohns disease.
For those who do not know what it is here is a little wiki excerpt!
Crohn's disease (also known as granulomatous colitis and regional enteritis) is an inflammatory disease of the intestines that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from anus to mouth, causing a wide variety of symptoms. It primarily causes abdominal pain, diarrhea (which may be bloody), vomiting, or weight loss, but may also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract such as skin rashes, arthritis and inflammation of the eye.
There is no cure for this disease only treatment. Usual treatment is with steroids or anti-inflammatories. Surgery and removal of part of the intestines is also frequently done.
Well I am having my "flare-ups" today and they are really bad. I was wondering how many other BL'ers have this condition. I don't have a severe case of it so I don't need surgery. I refuse to take steroids... Prednisone made me violently ill yrs back.
I am more of a holistic medicinal person prefering to take herbal supplements rather than prescription medicines most of the time(although I don't object to them)
I currently take Acidophillis which is OTC (The bacteria commonly found in yogurt) as well as Cats Claw for my flare-ups and these do help most of the time....
Hot Coffee and stress tend to make me have bad flare-ups the most so i try to limit my coffee useage. Stress unfortunately I cant control.....
So if you have been diagnosed with crohns... What kind of medications are you on! what side affects do they produce(if any)?
Any tricks to help the flare-ups go away?
For those who do not know what it is here is a little wiki excerpt!
Crohn's disease (also known as granulomatous colitis and regional enteritis) is an inflammatory disease of the intestines that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from anus to mouth, causing a wide variety of symptoms. It primarily causes abdominal pain, diarrhea (which may be bloody), vomiting, or weight loss, but may also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract such as skin rashes, arthritis and inflammation of the eye.
There is no cure for this disease only treatment. Usual treatment is with steroids or anti-inflammatories. Surgery and removal of part of the intestines is also frequently done.
Well I am having my "flare-ups" today and they are really bad. I was wondering how many other BL'ers have this condition. I don't have a severe case of it so I don't need surgery. I refuse to take steroids... Prednisone made me violently ill yrs back.
I am more of a holistic medicinal person prefering to take herbal supplements rather than prescription medicines most of the time(although I don't object to them)
I currently take Acidophillis which is OTC (The bacteria commonly found in yogurt) as well as Cats Claw for my flare-ups and these do help most of the time....
Hot Coffee and stress tend to make me have bad flare-ups the most so i try to limit my coffee useage. Stress unfortunately I cant control.....
So if you have been diagnosed with crohns... What kind of medications are you on! what side affects do they produce(if any)?
Any tricks to help the flare-ups go away?