Managing Crohn's disease naturally?

Question

I have just been diagnosed with this and am managing it with alternate medicine, has anyone else done this. I am well at the moment. Am I kidding myself?

Answer 1

you are not kidding yourself. I know a number of people who swear by high quality aloe juice (not walmart brand) and other things. I supposedly "had" it, but "it" was just because the flora in my intestines had been damaged by a dumb az dr. prescribing antibiotics that he knew nothing about. Yogurt and oatmeal is what cured me.

Answer 2

Sorry to hear about your recent diagnosis Crohn's disease is a very bad thing to have and the side effects and long term affects of the disease are terrible.
If you want to try and use alternative or natural medicines thats great and I really hope it works.
My husband has crohn's and I have seen him suffer terribly from it. He has alot of different medications to take and the side affects from the medication has caused all sorts of problems he has osteoperosis and has joint pain he also is high risk of developing diabetes.
He also gets alot of headaches stomach cramps nausea diaorehea and sometimes it affects his eyes.
The only advice I can really give you is to stay storng and do waht ever the doctors suggest as this is not something you want to muck around with.
And stick to the diet they give to you because if you dont the side affects can get worse.

Answer 3

TRUST ME ON THIS ONE I have crohn's and was adamant i didn't want to use steroids etc. From being in and out of hospital i accidently came across a book on amazon. "Breaking the vicious cycle" At first i thought it was like any other so called "cure" or whatever but reading the reviews i thought i might as well give it a go. In a matter of days my symptoms sarted to go, i've heard this from practically every person who's been on the diet, it's a real blessing. Check out Elaine Gottschall- Breaking the vicious cycle on amazon.com or uk (com has more reviews) the official website is http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.org good luck

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Hi a Friend of mine has crohn's and they have gone off all the steroids the doctor was prescribing and is now taking Goji Juice. He is feeling better and hasn't had an attack. I'm not sure if it is the miracle juice that everyone claims but anything is worth a try go to gojimedia.com.au to read a bit about it. Good luck

Answer 6

Milk and dairy products cause Crohn's disease, mucous and irritable bowel syndrome -- interview with Robert Cohen
Sunday, December 05, 2004 by: Mike Adams
Printable version Key concepts: Crohn's Disease, dairy products and cow's milk
http://www.newstarget.com/002684.html


NewsTarget.com printable article
Originally published September 24 2004
Crohn's Disease shocker: bacteria found in cattle and sheep now found in blood of Crohn's patients
by Mike Adams



A bacterium that causes intestinal illness in cattle and sheep could also be responsible for Crohn's disease, researchers said on Friday.
Dr. Saleh Naser and researchers at the University of Central Florida in Orlando believe it is due to a bacterium called MAP which is found in cattle, sheep and goats suffering from an illness called Paratuberculosis or Johne's disease.
"We discovered the bacteria in the blood of Crohn's patients.
This is the first time anyone has done that," Naser said in an interview.
Previous studies have concentrated on looking for MAP in the tissue of Crohn's patients and the outcome has been mixed, according to Naser.
'Disease might be systemic' MAP was found in the blood of patients with Crohn's disease but not in healthy people.
"The blood is a sterile environment so the presence of this bacteria in the blood indicates this disease might be systemic, which means it may start in the intestine and ultimately it may infiltrate into other organs," he said.
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, weight loss and fever are the most common symptoms of the illness.
Naser, who reported the finding in The Lancet medical journal, believes people can be exposed to the bacteria but they do not develop the illness unless they have a genetic susceptibility to it.
In a commentary in the journal, Professor Warwick Selby of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Newtown, Australia, said although the research may fall short of proving that MAP is one of the causes of the illness, it raises many important questions.
"The findings now need to be replicated in other laboratories.
Whatever one's view, MAP cannot continue to be ignored in Crohn's disease," he said.

Answer 7

please consult a GI before you start anything drastick...first off this disease as well as UC is a hereditary diease and ... THERE IS NO CURE FOR CROHN'S DISEASE..... just wanted to clear it up..... a person can be in remission but you are not cured......

as i said i watch what i eat..... which is tricky because it changes on about a weekly basis but here is the jist.... when i was first hospitalized my dad bought the book "the Visious Cycle".. it is how flour is bad and other things too ... well it turns out that i couldn't eat a single thing in that book.... then i was on a liquid diet but my GI freaked because i was droppin way too much weight (age 14, 5'1", 75 lbs).... then i was put on steroids and such and hospitalized....anyway long story short i had surgery (took out 8 in of intestines)... took meds for 3 years after.. haven't been on then in 2 years... and now i am ok .... not good but definatly not bad....

now i just make sure that i don't eat things that i know will give me a "mini flare"

but remember this is not a cokie cutter disease everyone is different

and again please talk to your GI

hope this helps

Answer 8

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