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having a bad day
can someone please help me i suffer from chronic inflammatory bowel disease and its really affecting the quality of my life i have had approx 15 bm a day with lower abdominial pain and feel like i cannot take anymore doesnt seem to matter what i eat nothing helps i dont drink alcohol or caffiene what am i doing wrong
ok thanks i wil and yes i am on medication to help but doesnt seem to relieve symptoms but cheers
It looks like a good site, patient915. With that, and possibly some others, sweetas should be able to contact others who have experience with IBDs.
Sweetas, check those sites out. Any form of inflammatory bowel conditions can be difficult to handle. See what types of help you can find. While you're checking that out, be sure to do some reading on the use of probiotics in U.C. There are some interesting articles on the subject that have been posted over several years on medscape.com. They detail the use of probiotics in the treatment of U.C. and give statistics that show they can be very helpful to some.
Sweetas, check those sites out. Any form of inflammatory bowel conditions can be difficult to handle. See what types of help you can find. While you're checking that out, be sure to do some reading on the use of probiotics in U.C. There are some interesting articles on the subject that have been posted over several years on medscape.com. They detail the use of probiotics in the treatment of U.C. and give statistics that show they can be very helpful to some.
CalGal, was this the type of group you were thinking of? http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Crohns-Disease---Ulcerative-Colitis/show/178
Sweetas, I don't like to direct people away from the board, but you might benefit from speaking with numbers of others who are dealing with a form of IBD and not individuals who are dealing with a myriad of different GI issues which may or may not be IBD-related. There may be an IBD board on MedHelp, although I'm not sure since I haven't looked, but please check it out. And, I know WebMD has a decent, fairly active IBD board with a lot of nice people who might be able to give you a hand.
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