Hello all its been quite a long time , I hope I find you all well. I'm back to ask a question for my mum whose had colagenous Colitis for 20 odd years. In the last month or so her diarrhoea has got worse and she is complaining about stomach bloating (which Zantac seems to help with).
I was wondering if bloating of upper abdomen / stomach is common with CC.
P.S about me : after all these years and many tests the only thing I have been diagnosed with for certain is Sjogrens, Crohns has been taken away from me as a diagnosis now, I've had some very strange symptoms which have included neuropathy and dysautonomia. I've been told by others that it is part of Sjogrens.
Stomach bloating and colagenous Colitis
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Hello Jim,
Good to "hear" from you again.
Yes, upper-abdomen bloating is very common with CC. It's caused by the fermentation of poorly-digested food (as a result of the disease). Food sensitivities cause inflammation, which compromises the digestion of certain foods (especially carbs) by severely reducing the production capacity of certain digestive enzymes that are needed for complete digestion. The partially-digested food is then fermented by bacteria, resulting in gas, bloating, and often cramps and diarrhoea. The main food sensitivity is gluten, followed by dairy products, soy, and eggs for some patients.
Glad that you've been able to avoid an IBD diagnosis.
Tex
Good to "hear" from you again.
Yes, upper-abdomen bloating is very common with CC. It's caused by the fermentation of poorly-digested food (as a result of the disease). Food sensitivities cause inflammation, which compromises the digestion of certain foods (especially carbs) by severely reducing the production capacity of certain digestive enzymes that are needed for complete digestion. The partially-digested food is then fermented by bacteria, resulting in gas, bloating, and often cramps and diarrhoea. The main food sensitivity is gluten, followed by dairy products, soy, and eggs for some patients.
Glad that you've been able to avoid an IBD diagnosis.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Jim,
with Erica — as we get older, we usually begin to produce less stomach acid. Your mother may just need to give her stomach acid production a boost, and taking the right dose of Betaine HCL is a good way to do that. It's available without a prescription (at least it is in this country), but she would have to determine the best dose.
Tex
with Erica — as we get older, we usually begin to produce less stomach acid. Your mother may just need to give her stomach acid production a boost, and taking the right dose of Betaine HCL is a good way to do that. It's available without a prescription (at least it is in this country), but she would have to determine the best dose. Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.