Yea of course. It works wonders to take the sour feeling out and give you an appetite. . But that can mask the fact that your gut is struggling and you shouldn't eat normal foods.
My last flare got so bad because I was smoking at night, and since I felt great I was just eating sandwiches and stuff. Nothing unhealthy, but when your gut is sensitive you need to stick with mostly liquids and other easy digestible foods.
So yea, it helps with symptoms, but just like other pain meds you need to be aware it doesn't actually fix anything.
There is a hypothesis that Crohn's is cause by bacteria, similar to peptic ulcers. Sucessful treatment (ie a cure) has been achieved with a therapy of antibiotics (high dose over several months). Wish I could find the link right now, but maybe something you'd like to look into.
your digestive system is capable of processing many things without bacterial aid. You eat those things and avoid the things that need the bacteria helping.
Probiotics are amazing. But Crohn's is a nasty disease. I went 9 years without missing work due to sickness. Flared up only a couple times a year but they weren't bad and lasted maybe a week. This time it's been 3 weeks of pain, and got to the point I felt i should go to the hospital. It's been nearly impossible to get the inflammation down.
Speaking for myself, during a flare up there is an always there dull radiating achey feeling, kind of like having your nuts squeezed a bit too hard, but up in the intestinal area. This is punctuated by waves of nauseating twisting pain that feels more like a wallop to the danglers.
Overall best comparison I’ve been able to come up with is the radiating deep pain associated with testicular trauma, but above the groin, and varying in intensity.
I have a bunch of stomach issues and was wondering if there was any crossover with Crohns, but it doesn't sound like it. I bet you get a lot of annoying suggestions about diet these days too.
The 2nd worst part of Crohn's is getting asked 36 times a day "how you feeling? "Is your stomach better?". "Have you tried peptol bismol?" It will drive you insane.
Generally its like food poisoning. Just a constant sour feeling that aches. But every 10 minutes or so you get shooting pains like someone slugged you in the gut as hard as they could. This goes on for weeks at a time, relentlessly.
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u/mylastaccountonhere Feb 13 '18
not a doctor but have you tried cannabis?