Does anyone get seasonal mini flares? IT seems like every time it starts to get cold outside that my stomach starts to get off track for a while.
Am I just weird? Is it like people with arthritis and when it changes seasons they can feel it in their joints?
Seasonal mini flares?
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Seasonal mini flares?
Dr Fine test shows positive for gluten and casien but negative for soy, eggs, and yeast
Maybe its UC maybe its MC? Who knows at this point, but at least I know my intollerances now... so heres to the road to healing!
Maybe its UC maybe its MC? Who knows at this point, but at least I know my intollerances now... so heres to the road to healing!
I think that there is a seasonal aspect to MC according to studies.
I think I've also noticed a trend in the past with GI symptoms and season, but I never wrote it down or investigated.
But according to the last Colonoscopy I had last month I no longer have MC/LC so who really knows anymore. Mentioned this many times, but I still think that MC is a symptom of something else.
More and more Vitamin D keeps calling out to me. In fact I did an experiment on myself a couple of weeks ago related to it. See if it helped any, though given everything that I've been doing recently it'll be hard to say what helped if anything did.
I think I've also noticed a trend in the past with GI symptoms and season, but I never wrote it down or investigated.
But according to the last Colonoscopy I had last month I no longer have MC/LC so who really knows anymore. Mentioned this many times, but I still think that MC is a symptom of something else.
More and more Vitamin D keeps calling out to me. In fact I did an experiment on myself a couple of weeks ago related to it. See if it helped any, though given everything that I've been doing recently it'll be hard to say what helped if anything did.
Yep, typically, about this time of year, every year, several members will report that they have "fallen out of remission". We've discussed this in the past, but never reached any "earth-shaking" conclusions.
Early spring seems to be a period of above-normal frequency for the initial onset of symptoms. Could that be connected with an accumulated vitamin D deficiency, during the winter months, that makes us vulnerable to the initial triggering of the disease?
Tex
Early spring seems to be a period of above-normal frequency for the initial onset of symptoms. Could that be connected with an accumulated vitamin D deficiency, during the winter months, that makes us vulnerable to the initial triggering of the disease?
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.
Interesting question, Tex. Maybe, if MC has an infectious component, the causative "bug" is more able to infect us when vit. D levels are down. This is what some researchers think is involved with getting the "flu" in the winter months. It is interesting that the flu doesn't occur at the equator and increases in prevalence the farther one lives from the equator. Hey, I wonder if the same pattern is true for MC? Also, have we ever done a survey to see in what month people first experienced the initial symptoms of MC?
Mike, I have often noticed more difficulty with symptoms in the colder months. What is your experiment with vit. D? One good thing about D for us is that it is known to reduce the inflammatory response. I am thinking of taking more than my usual 1200 mg. this winter.
Love,
Polly
Mike, I have often noticed more difficulty with symptoms in the colder months. What is your experiment with vit. D? One good thing about D for us is that it is known to reduce the inflammatory response. I am thinking of taking more than my usual 1200 mg. this winter.
Love,
Polly
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I seem to remember a different thread asking about the season we came down with MC but I only found this one. HaHa
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ght=spring
Love, Shirley
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ght=spring
Love, Shirley
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I'm not taking any Vitamin D right now other than what's in the foods I eat/drink. It was a one time large dose that I'm not going to talk about much in public as I don't want others trying it. Remember I'm a mad man. :)thedell19 wrote:I think my calcium might have some vit d in it... how much do you take Mike?
Mike,
Actually, if I read the research literature correctly, occasional megadoses of vitamin D might not be a problem. It's long term use of over roughly 10,000 IU per day, (every day), that can cause toxicity problems.
Who knows? It might be possible to fortify oneself with a one-time dose of, for example, 100,000 IU, and then coast through the entire winter, slick as a whistle, (sorta like a "poor boy's" flu shot).
Okay, "Mad Man", I'm just thinking out loud here - I'm not suggesting that you try that. LOL.
Tex
Actually, if I read the research literature correctly, occasional megadoses of vitamin D might not be a problem. It's long term use of over roughly 10,000 IU per day, (every day), that can cause toxicity problems.
Who knows? It might be possible to fortify oneself with a one-time dose of, for example, 100,000 IU, and then coast through the entire winter, slick as a whistle, (sorta like a "poor boy's" flu shot).
Okay, "Mad Man", I'm just thinking out loud here - I'm not suggesting that you try that. LOL.
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.