Whatcha Know About Crohn's Disease?

[Street Pharmacist]

Nm

[To Be Quite Honest]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

FYP.

You may believe every disease to be because of poor diet, but what if we just aren't made perfect, and things can go wrong? Doesn't that just seem infinitely more logical. Mostly because it's true?

FYP

Continue to eat like crap your body will perform like crap. Mostly because it's true.

Anyway, JonDuke I hope you feel better soon.

[NuclearPizzaMan]

Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest

I believe poor diet is a root cause of disease and we are surrounded by food-like products that cause us a lot of harm and if our bowels can't absorb even the crappy nutrients in processed foods then our heath is even worse off.

This is why measles is making a comeback. Don't substitute facts with your beliefs.

The exact cause of Crohn's disease remains unknown. Previously, diet and stress were suspected, but now doctors know that although these factors may aggravate existing Crohn's disease, they don't cause it. Now, researchers believe that a number of factors, such as heredity and a malfunctioning immune system, play a role in the development of Crohn's disease.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-c...s/con-20032061

[Street Pharmacist]

Nm

[Peanut]

Question for those who have been diagnosed - did it hurt to palpate/push on your abdomen during a flare up?

[Dan02]

yes, in the area of inflammation anyways.

[To Be Quite Honest]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

Again, we know diet has very little to do with the development of Crohn's. Eating healthy is one of the most beneficial things you can do for disease prevention and treatment.

But don't mention Candida overgrowth, and then claim the cause of disease is poor diet if you don't exist to be called out on it

He's talking about an itchy butt! FFS! Quit putting words in my mouth! I never said Crohn's is a direct cause from poor nutrition!

I said poor nutrition is or diet is a root cause of disease. YOU are the one that is saying or pointing a finger saying I mean Crohn's specifically. You are the one trying to create an argument.

FFS I make a post with two sides to a story and you're still not happy. Just put me on ignore and piss off.

Man you like to pile on don't you.

Now I'm stressed out of my mind right now so I'm walking away.

[Dan02]

Anyways for myself, i was diagnosed almost 14 years ago now when my bowel ruptured while i was on vacation. I ended up spending 11 days in hospital recovering from the emergency surgery which they originally thought was supposed to be a outpatient appendectomy.

I had been experiencing symptoms for probably 5 or 6 years prior but was continually misdiagnosed by my GP.

Remicade was a phenomenal drug, however, as they warn you when you start it tends to lose efficacy over time. For me it was ~40 treatments when it was no longer working well enough to justify it. Prednisone also worked fantastically well, however, the more cycles I went through with it the worse my side effects became to the point now where it's no longer a option either.

So for the moment I currently try to manage it through diet, exercise and supplementation with varying degrees of success. As another poster mentioned, diet isn't thought to be a cause of Crohn's but it sure as hell can aggravate things. I would suggest tracking what foods you eat cause the worst symptoms and try to avoid them as much as possible. My list starts with Coffee, alcohol, rice, jalapenos and rare beef.

Unfortunately, I love all of those things so from time to time i just accept that the next few days are going to suck and indugle. Still have to live a little right?

As for supplementation, when I stopped taking the meds I did a bunch of research online as to possible supplements that can help. This is mostly anecdotal evidence so I would suggest doing some research and seeing what seems to work for you. Even if they don't do anything who knows maybe the placebo affect will help.

Here's my current list :

Metamucil, Mutlifibre Sugarfree (single best thing I've ever done to help manage the symptons)
glutamine
Fish Oil
Probiotics
2000 ui vit D
multivitamin

One thing if you start taking Metamucil, for the first couple weeks I was gassy and bloated, once my body adjusted to the increased fibre those went away.