coffee

Hi can coffee or caffeinated products cause a flare?

NO...it's a digestive stimulant...and if you have any stool in the lower part of your colon, it'll stimulate a bm.

I'm in the camp that food doesn't cause flares, proven time and time again....and I drink coffee daily. However, if I'm in a flare I'll choose how much coffee I drink based on if it causes my gut to be too active and where I am at the time I'm drinking it.

quincy

I am in Quincy's camp, too. I don't believe that food or drink causes a flare, but I do believe that it can aggravate your symptoms while in a flare. Coffee is something I drink every day... but I don't dare touch it while in a flare. It will send me right to the bathroom. If I am constipated, though, it can get things moving again.

I suffered a flare after indulging in one "einspanner"-- double expresso Viennese roast, with whipped cream. Never again-- though it is delicious! / Old Hat (nearly 30 yrs with left-sided UC ... [etc.])

Probably a coincidence, but the evening before my first flare happened I drank several cups of coffee (decaf.) I rarely drank coffee. Haven't touched the stuff since.

coffee.......ah, I almost want to get an ice venti non-fat caramel macchiato this weekend but know that I will regret it!!! It is super delicious!

For me, it kicks up my bm's and can bother my stomach (I think the acidity) if I start to drink it regularly (any kind of coffee), I don't need or want the extra bm's so I stay away for a long time then I start to have it again and bam, back on the can all day.

I have stopped all caffeine, it just makes me go! That is what I do not need when flaring, especially!

Coffee - no. Coffee can stimulate a BM, but doesn't directly cause a flare as others have mentioned above.

For your information, check out this link (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&list_uids=2719009&cmd=Retrieve)

This study had a massive base of over 300000 people and in that, no statistical connection between coffee intake and onset of colitis could be found.

Well, in the hospital because of UC, dietry gave me caffenated coffee every morning along with my breakfast. So I'm guessing it's okay to drink.

I don't really think coffee can cause a flare (although it seems others in this thread have had flares caused by it, which makes me wonder...). I drink a cup or two every morning, but didn't drink any when I was flaring badly, because I thought it might exacerbate my symptoms. about a month prior to getting UC, I had just started a new job and was drinking lots of coffee daily...more than I had ever drank in the past - probably around 4-6 cups/day.

It takes a while to differentiate flare symptoms and food symptoms. A flare isn't a one day thing.

If you are bleeding that easily...you're not on enough meds. If your colon is still in that fragile of a state...you're still flaring.

Also, maybe consider to change your probiotic .... one geared more for IBDers.

Try not to focus on the food issue...try to get a rectal retention enema....it's available in the UK. The suppositories aren't enough.

Caffeine products will increase the activity of a colon. Add that to an already inflamed colon and your symptoms (which already exist) will be increased.

My take on it.

quincy

Are you still on any rectal meds even for maintenance?

q

My perspective..you're still "fragile". You're on a low dosage of Asacol as well....even 6 daily would be better than only 4. You have pancolitis..right?

My take on it is this....you sould be able to drink coffee if you had no problems with it before. Soda....is what you drink diet or the normal?

q