Is UC tied to food?

DebE13 · Post by **DebE13** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 8:22 pm

Tex, you made mention in an earlier post that MCers could experience some of the same symptoms as PSC which made me think a bit more. My son has frequent stomach aches that I've always attributed to his meds that help reduce his debilitating puritis or figured it may be toxins in his system that build up. It seems to happen on a cycle the leads to a severe stomach ache followed by vomiting, then he feels better. I've always been concerned about him developing UC as it seems to go hand in hand with PSC. With luck, he will be in the small percentage who are not plagued by it. Given my history, I feel like it is a ticking time-bomb waiting to reach that threshold to trigger an issue that will never go away.

It just dawned on me that I had frequent stomach aches that lead to daily aches that never went away. Mostly due to soy and dairy. I wonder if these are early signs for him? Or is UC a totally different beast?

I've wanted to get Enterolab testing done for him and think he may be more receptive to what I'm telling him with tests results to back it up. Or at least show that he isn't reacting and ease my mind a bit.

Or am I just overly eager to pass my problems on as someone else's too? It's not an easy thing to ask someone to give up so much when there are no problems......yet. Hindsight is 20/20.

Think I may make the call to my GI and ask if he will write the script for the tests as he did for me so it will be covered under insurance. Not sure if he will be receptive since he has never once said one word to me about my results. I can only try.

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:05 pm

Deb,
An interesting learning for me this past week, was that I had a definate and high confirmation for Pyrrole.
One of the symptoms is abdominal pain the other main parts of the issue is deficiency with b6, zinc, omega 6 etc ( which can link to high use if Vit D and magnesium) and tainted cells.

It is genetic.

Anyone with a mix of issues with no definate cause, I would recommend MTHFR and Pyrrole testing.

Post by **tex** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:50 pm

Deb,

Yes, UC is indeed diet-connected. We have several members who have UC. One who comes to mind, who completely controls his symptoms by diet alone, is Nathan. His username is NJ. The following links lead to threads in which he has written 1 or 2 posts. I think you will find his comments to be very interesting.

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10248

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11760

IOW, the diet works for other IBDs, also.

You just reminded me of something that I had long forgotten — when I was a kid, I had belly aches most of the time.

Tex

DebE13 · Post by **DebE13** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:20 am

Interesting Gabes- I looked at the checklist of symptoms and I fit in that category. Not that I'm looking for any new issues.

Thanks for the info, it's something to consider.

It's hard to interpret his description because I automatically compare it to my symptoms. Given his dx, it could be a pain totally different from what i experience. He says it's stomach, not abdominal. I will have to remind him to pay attention to what he eats and see if he can make any connections. Or it simply could be PSC related. ??? No cut and dried answers. Sigh.

Thanks Tex, I thought that was true of UC. He had a colonoscopy several years ago and it came back good but it reminds me of a tiger in the weeds. Too bad our families doesn't always understand that our sometimes off the wall eating is from necessity. I try to have them eat the same because I don't ever want them to go through ANY of what I've experienced.