MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Greetings MC Friends! I have been going through a Colitis flare up, and feel I have moved from flare up to recovery. It has been about 6 weeks since my last gluten. I took Budesonide for about a week, but it made me constipated so I tapered off and have been better managing just with diet since then. I have had a couple of bouts with dizziness - one resolved by increasing sodium, the other by adding maple syrup to my diet. Now I am dizzy again and can't figure out why. Also I have some queasiness. I will reach out to my Primary Care doctor and suggest that I get my blood tested - perhaps I am anemic? It has been more than a month since I have eaten anything high in iron. Any suggestions for safe foods that are high in iron? As always, thanks for being here!

Hi,

I've had occasional dizziness during the last year that usually lasted a few days to a week or so, and it happened at least six months apart. I've been in remission for about 20 years, so I suspect the dizziness probably came from some kind of virus that was going around. I probably was lucky to have only had a mild case, because my digestive system was sort of queasy during the events (and I suspect the digestive system issues probably caused the dizziness), but I never had any serious symptoms except for the dizziness.

Foods that are high in iron include red meat, pork and poultry; seafood; dark green leafy vegetables, such as spinach; and dried fruit, such as raisins and apricots. Most iron supplements (including prescribed iron supplements) tend to cause digestive upset. Some members here have had better luck boosting their iron deficiency by taking a spoonful or two of blackstrap molasses a few times each week, and/or cooking in cast-iron skillets and pots.

You might find the information in the following post to be helpful:

viewtopic.php?p=161944&hilit=blackstrap ... es#p161944

I hope this helps,

Tex

Thanks Tex!

Best,
Lisa