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Why two versions of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease INFO FAQ?

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The first FAQ deals with the facts about inflammatory bowel disease, the second about the various support organizations in each country. There is also another FAQ about IBS (irritable bowel syndromn) and another FAQ about collagenous colitis. They are all posted on the same home website. http://qurlyjoe.bu.edu/cduchome.html (the link to [...]

Surgery for me

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Hi Mick My name is Lesley and i am 36and live in the UK. Ive had UC for 16yrs and I to have got to have the operation within the next 5-8 weeks. To be honest I’,m frightened to death, so it looks like we are in this together. If [...]

worm therapy

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Email Dr Weinstein who is doing the study.  Last I heard they were in phase 3 of the study.  I am on the list if he brings it down here where I live. UM MOM Susan http://www.uihealthcare.com/news/currents/vol4issue1/index.html  2003 info I’m wondering when we will hear the results of the Helminthic Worm [...]

Is smallox vaccination IBD friendly?

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> Many people believe that vaccines are a major cause of autism.  Bush > says he is going to take the smallpox vaccine becuase he wouldn’t ask > the military to do it if he wouldn’t.  I wonder if his will be the > same as theirs. > donoli.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&… [...]

God: thou shallt have gut pain!

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Well, obviously, if you are Catholic, then it must mean God is punishing you for thinking dirty thoughts Mel
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> yo, > I am a catholic and I have colitis. I feel confused because i hear that this > disease effects [...]

If you can't get worms-IBD

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If I had that luck, I would have my own garden of vegetables… there are some worms.  But the LandLord won’t allow me to do that on top of the building Dom – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > The worm theory of IBD is very interesting [...]

cipro and uc

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Rebecca,  If you and your family do come here over the 4th of July how long would you be here and when would you be going home?  Just wondering since we’ll be home on Sunday July 7th some time in the evening. — Take Care, Sherry
Rebecca,  Doesn’t a [...]

back from the doc's office

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{{{Lee Ann and Connie}}}} and {{}} for anyone else who may need them:-) Get/stay healthy, Kathi

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Thanks Rebecca.. I know I feel like a little kid hiding like I’ve done something wrong. But I’ll do it- call and get it over with.. it’s just that this is the third time in [...]

Small amounts of blood in feces

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> We adopted a 7-year-old cat from the SPCA about two weeks ago. She seemed to > have diarreah (some substance, not totally runny) from the beginning, but we > attributed it to new food. We switched to a wet/dry food mix and it seemed > to get [...]

How Green Tea May Fight Inflammation

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Monday January 28 5:54 PM ET How Green Tea May Fight Inflammation By Jacqueline Stenson SAN DIEGO (Reuters Health) – Studies have suggested that green tea has anti-inflammatory properties and new research may help explain why. Previous animal studies and other laboratory research have found that chemicals in green [...]