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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and associated risk factors for inflammatory bowel disea

http://crohnsmapvaccine.com/map_test/ http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/fungus-identified-as-key-factor-in-the-development-of-crohn-s-disease-1.3090210 ...

1/6/2017 4:54 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Pb4 and anyone else into meditation - question

Good stuff Guardian!!! This is also an option as well; http://www.unexplainablestore.com/ Priced better, also with a 100% no risk guarantee....have you heard of it? It's amazing the true effects...

11/15/2016 11:17 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Pb4 and anyone else into meditation - question

Yes, he's awesome, my GI thereapist told me to buy one of his books, he has youtube meditations so that's also very helpful. I never did a course but that's a good idea too!!! Definitely go for it!!!...

11/13/2016 5:05 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Common Additives in Processed Foods Seen to Promote Gut Inflammation, Raise Cancer Risk

http://ibdnewstoday.com/2016/11/10/common-processed-food-additives-seen-to-promote-gut-inflammation-raise-cancer-risk ...

11/10/2016 11:55 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Confused

Some people's IBS seems to be both diet and stress while for others it can be one or the other causing the IBS grief. It's tedious, but I was able to discover where my IBS stems from....my GI (that I...

11/7/2016 11:19 AM

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Steroids versus biologics

I have had better results with Humira than Prednisone ever did. Humira put my crohn's colitis and RV fistula into remission, prednisone, IMO is the type of "band aid" treatment that doesn't "stick"...

11/7/2016 11:03 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
something positive :)

What a great topic!!!! I'm so happy to see all the great responses :smilewinkgrin: So AWESOME :yeah: I'll be having Chinese food with a really great friend that is recommending this restaurant hubby...

11/6/2016 12:35 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
How do you stay sane?

I've always been that way...."cynical-realistic" I was raised in a very negative environment so that didn't help me or anyone around me, it makes for a very stressful life and possibly down the road...

11/6/2016 12:17 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
How long after dental surgery should I wait to start Humira?

I'm on Humira weekly, as long as you don't have an infection of any kind or a fever/high temperature then you're fine to stay on schedule, from my understanding but if in doubt call Humira directly...

11/4/2016 11:26 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Question - Canasa/ Petroleum Jelly

My guess would be that it's not water soluble like ky jelly is for example....

11/4/2016 11:22 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
How do you stay sane?

For me, based on my many many experiences (mostly negative on every level) my savior from insanity is practicing daily meditations, to simply give my mind a break from focusing on as many positives I...

11/4/2016 11:11 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Severe Food Poisoning May Be a Cause of Crohn’s Disease

YIKES, did my highlighted links ever get messed up lol!!! Well, I see you got the gist of it xy123 :) No worries about the antidepressants and the ADD meds, I'm on low doses of each and only started...

10/30/2016 10:53 PM

Crohn's Disease
Severe Food Poisoning May Be a Cause of Crohn’s Disease

Thanks xy123 :) I know they say that meditation can be difficult, honestly as long as you can focus, you can learn to meditate simply because, that's all meditation is. It's also best to start with...

10/30/2016 12:45 AM

Crohn's Disease
Severe Food Poisoning May Be a Cause of Crohn’s Disease

If you're going to buy them, make sure you buy the dark colored ones. They are much better. Don't buy the orange-colored ones, if possible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dried_apricot Well, now I...

10/29/2016 11:21 AM

Crohn's Disease
Severe Food Poisoning May Be a Cause of Crohn’s Disease

Hey there xy123, Thanks for asking :) I'm doing better, not 100% but I expect it to take some time....I've just started doing gut physiotherapy offered at my university hospital where my GI clinic is...

10/28/2016 9:27 PM

Crohn's Disease
Low Fodmap diet and IBS

I have done the FODMAP, no fructose diet that my dietitian (recommended by my GI as she specializes in IBD and IBS diets) it's not meant to necessarily be a long term forever diet, it's to see if you...

10/28/2016 9:22 PM

Crohn's Disease
Medical Marijuana: how about CBD--no smoking! no high...

[quote="naturalcurl"]Thanks Octa, I am note sure what an ideal dose of CBD is, and I doubt anyone does. But it would be nice to have a vague idea to start. This is where a qualified MMJ doctor comes...

10/26/2016 8:00 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Does your GI office respond to your needs?

The hospital clinic my GI works out of is amazing!!...

10/26/2016 11:04 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Severe Food Poisoning May Be a Cause of Crohn’s Disease

From IBD News... http://ibdnewstoday.com/2016/10/26/severe-food-poisoning-bacteria-possibly-linked-to-crohns-disease-onset ...

10/26/2016 10:32 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Medical Marijuana: how about CBD--no smoking! no high...

Hi naturalcurl, I've never tried another method because I like to smoke, but doesn't mean I won't try edibles, it's about convenience right now basically. I know for sure the Humira made a quick...

10/26/2016 9:50 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Severe Food Poisoning May Be a Cause of Crohn’s Disease

link from IBD News... [/url]http://ibdnewstoday.com/2016/10/26/severe-food-poisoning-bacteria-possibly-linked-to-crohns-disease-onset[url] Not sure what's going on, I tried 3 times to get the link to...

10/26/2016 9:41 AM

Crohn's Disease
Medical Marijuana: how about CBD--no smoking! no high...

We have medical MJ in Alberta Canada as well, I've tried the CBD only (no high effect) and get nothing from it, I still have bowel movements and urges and feel pain after smoking it....I have to use...

10/25/2016 6:56 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Wheat protein may cause or aggrivate IBD

I take it as more of a break-through of another path for the cause....and I really think that every chronic disease/ailment, messed up autoimmune systems and inflammation are linked and obviously...

10/20/2016 11:51 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Wheat protein may cause or aggrivate IBD

http://ibdnewstoday.com/2016/10/20/wheat-protein-cause-aggravate-ibd-other-chronic-health-conditions Guess we could say that "food/diet" does play a huge roll....as it apparently does in many...

10/20/2016 10:02 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Medical Marijuana for UC & the CCFA

And with medical MJ, you can simple get the CBD strain only, which does not make you high like when you have the THC strains....

10/16/2016 11:28 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Medical Marijuana for UC & the CCFA

I mentioned this exact thing in my reply above yours, except the damage that pred has against MJ is, MJ is not near as damaging as prednisone. I had no idea what to expect when I started smoking it,...

10/16/2016 11:25 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Medical Marijuana for UC & the CCFA

Everyone's logic is defined by their own perspective ambling. And everyone is entitled to express their opinion, just because you don't agree with it doesn't mean you have to be snarky about it. FYI,...

10/14/2016 11:10 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Recent Molecular Link Between Anxiety, Metabolism May Impact Inflammatory Response

Awesome Totes!!...

10/14/2016 10:18 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Medical Marijuana for UC & the CCFA

Government involvement in science pretty much go hand in hand, the government gives the funding for the research, the government also decides what is allowed for human consumption and what is not....

10/14/2016 6:00 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Medical Marijuana for UC & the CCFA

MJ is safer/better than prednisone and I have used both, I don't care what the science behind it states between the 2, no one will ever convince me prednisone is better (in any way) than MJ, for IBD...

10/14/2016 5:49 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Recent Molecular Link Between Anxiety, Metabolism May Impact Inflammatory Response

That's awesome Totes!!! It can take some time since it's individual, the key is to relax and start off with short 3-5 minute meditations.....there are some excellent ones on youtube, guided...

10/14/2016 1:17 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Medical Marijuana for UC & the CCFA

They are planning to put all the crohn's and colitis foundations under one, rather than from country to country....this way they can more easily get and keep information all from one global source...

10/14/2016 11:40 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Recent Molecular Link Between Anxiety, Metabolism May Impact Inflammatory Response

This is what I love about the article... "Hermona Soreq, lead researcher and a professor of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences and the Department of Biological Chemistry at the...

10/14/2016 11:26 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Symptoms of Ulcerative Colitis May Continue Even After Mucosal Healing

http://ibdnewstoday.com/2016/10/11/ulcerative-colitis-and-increased-stool-frequency-despite-mucosal-healing ...

10/11/2016 10:54 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Recent Molecular Link Between Anxiety, Metabolism May Impact Inflammatory Response

"Metabolic and anxiety-related disorders have been subjects of scientific research and therapeutic targeting for several decades. Links between the two have long been suspected of overlapping." “Our...

10/11/2016 10:41 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Recent Molecular Link Between Anxiety, Metabolism May Impact Inflammatory Response IBD news

This article talks about.... "Metabolic and anxiety-related disorders have been subjects of scientific research and therapeutic targeting for several decades. Links between the two have long been...

10/11/2016 10:34 AM

Crohn's Disease
Food-poisoning bacteria may be behind Crohn's disease

Except IBD has been around for over 100 yrs. now. Strangest thing to me is not only are we made of bacteria, every natural living thing in the world is and all kinds of bacteria are all over...

10/10/2016 11:51 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Food-poisoning bacteria may be behind Crohn's disease

Well you know fungi, in the dark and surround by crap...it's really not shocking when you think about how it's linked to IBD lol....

10/9/2016 11:39 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Cognitive impairment in Crohn’s disease is associated with systemic inflammation, symptom burden and

Hey NCOT, have you looked into meditation at all.... check out this link.... http://www.autismfile.com/blog/asperger%E2%80%99s-syndrome-in-the-present-moment ...

10/9/2016 11:35 AM

Crohn's Disease
Pretty shocked by my Colonoscopy results today

Yup!!! My GI said I fell into the chronic inflammation due to Crohn's disease going on for 12 yrs before IBS reared it's ugly head my way, plus they say it can very a very inherited syndrome, as my...

10/7/2016 11:02 PM

Crohn's Disease
Pretty shocked by my Colonoscopy results today

Congratulations on a clean scope Jen!!! Humira put my crohn's colitis in remission and help heal my RV fistula but I also have IBS which my GI suspected years ago. Since going into remission with my...

10/7/2016 9:50 AM

Crohn's Disease
Cognitive impairment in Crohn’s disease is associated with systemic inflammation, symptom burden and

Hey Sherine, I just found this...dated 2015..... https://www.verywell.com/inflammation-in-fibromyalgia-716012 ...

10/7/2016 9:38 AM

Crohn's Disease
Medical Marijuana for UC & the CCFA

MJ helps me! I was using it a few months before going on Humira, it definitely brought some relief while I was waiting to get on Humira. Some people react different to it, that doesn't mean it...

10/5/2016 11:16 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
What actually causes the damage in UC?

I thought it was the fungus (both both CD and UC)..... http://ibdnewstoday.com/2016/09/30/fungus-identified-as-key-factor-in-crohns-disease-patients/ ...

10/1/2016 3:07 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Anal tags

Hi Royal Pain, welcome! Yes, that's how my CD actually started, with perianal crohn's skin tags when I was a teenager (had no other symptoms until my early 20's after I had my first baby. The tags...

9/30/2016 9:34 AM

Crohn's Disease
Experts May Have Finally Found the Cause of Crohn's Disease (IBD)

They were only just able to figure out to detect MAP in humans though (from my understanding of it; "Recently, John Aitken and his New Zealand team, in collaboration with a group in Europe, have...

9/28/2016 5:52 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Let's spread positivity

I just wanted to ad this link here as well, http://www.jkp.com/jkpblog/2011/01/art-chris-mitchell-aspergers-syndrome-and-mindfulness/ ...

9/22/2016 11:03 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
DEATH BY ULCERATIVE COLITIS.

"Death" is inevitable, generally IBD is a life-long chronic illness with a fairly low death rate, causes of "death" due to complications related to IBD as many have already mentioned. Medicated or...

9/22/2016 12:48 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Let's spread positivity

joelsprechman :-)...

9/22/2016 10:16 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Trying not to (give on Remicade)

Some of the tihngs you're describing may still be related to having CD...what has your GI suggested? In the mean time, maybe look into some guided meditations online (youtube) you can start with...

9/22/2016 10:10 AM

Crohn's Disease
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