Yes, I am in a flare. I guess I'm just trying to figure out why I'm in a flare. I mean for 13 years I have eaten very healthy supplemented by some not so healthy foods. But basically, no changes to cause a flare.
I'm trying to figure out what caused the flare and if trying the scd or elimination diet would work?
you may never get a full explanation to this question, you definitly should try some meds though and see your GI.
just for fun though ill answer your question as scientifically accurate as i possibly can so here it goes.
In Inflammatory bowel disease there is a reduced diversity of benefical bacteria, which severely reduces Patients ability to resist colonization from pathogenic bacteria we come in contact with in our day to day lives, as bacteria is everywhere around us. These pathogens we come in contact with, then persist, as does the body's defensive reaction to try and eliminate them such as inflammation remains chronically activated, but fail to eliminate the pathogens. Their are multiple ways the pathogenic bacteria can now persist within the intestine of IBD patients, one of the main mechanism is the chronic inflammation the produces high levels of Nitrates, allowing the pathogens to grow in larger numbers then they normally would. Another way is through the niche that are created by the good bacteria that are missing that now are created some pathogens can utilize simple sugars that the body and bacteria create to have a food source that would otherwise be available to a commensal or beneficial bacteria. The benefical microbes that are missing from the microbiota of IBD patients also regulate the inflammatory response and give signals which tell the body to create more anti inflammatory signals which tell the body to resolve the inflammatory response as the inflammatory response is typically a healthy process in defending the body, mainly against the invasion of pathogenic bacteria. When IBD patients come into contact with a bacteria that can trigger the inflammatory response, it cannot eliminate the pathogen, nor does this process resolve, so it becomes chronic. By influencing the inflammatory process with drugs, the body will produce less nitrates to support the growth of pathogens, and typically, symptoms can be reduced or completely be suppressed. There is no cure for IBD to date, but there are some evidence the correcting the dysbiosis and replacing the missing bacteria that regulate the inflammation and support host colonization resistance with a fecal transplant can induce a very complete remission without maintenance drugs for a documented 13 years post treatment. Some researchers say this evidence suggests that the patients have been cured.
Ok its not super accurate but its more accurate then anyone typically would be able to give to answer the question as to why you are in a flare.
SO anyone who knows me on this website knows what I'm going to say next haha- For more info on Fecal transplants read this-
http://www.crohnsforum.com/showthread.php?t=52400
