ediekristen said...
I think it's related to bowel transit time. I don't remember the actual term but I know it was something other than dumping, haha. I think it's just part of colitis, sometimes I would have to go to the bathroom before even finishing a meal! Salads are the worst, when I'm really flaring and I eat one, I'll go to the bathroom very soon after and already have lettuce in there.... Fun
Food stays in the stomach 2 - 4 hours....then it has to go through the small intestines and then the colon. Not a soon after you eat proposition to dump food from the stomach directly into the toilet. Impossible.
Fast transit time (for food eaten to be digested and out the chute) is about 6 hours - 8 hours. Normal is about 8 - 24 hours...etc Slow is up to 72 or more hours.
It all depends on where the problem lies in the digestive tract.
The mouth and anus aren't connected directly. What you see in the toilet being the same as what you're eating is what you probably ate yesterday.
quincy
*Heather*Status:mini flare June 23* 6asacol daily+ Salofalk (tapered every 3rd night)
~diagnosed January 1989 UC (proctosigmoiditis)
~5ASA: Asacol + Salofalk enemas (increase for flares tapered to maintenance)
~Bentylol (dicyclomine) 20mg as needed
~vitamins/minerals
~Probiotic 2 (Natural Factors Protec) + 1 (Primadophilus Reuteri) at bedtime
~Natural Factors Multi Digestive Enzymes with supper
~Ranitidine,Pariet (reflux) Effexor XR 75mg; Pulmicort/Airomir (asthma)
~URSO for PSC (or PBC) 500mg X 2 daily (LFTs back to NORMAL!!)
My doc's logic.. "TREAT (FROM)BOTH ENDS" worth it !!!