What Is An IBD Flare?

By Elizabeth Roberts, Health Guide Friday, July 16, 2010
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word lingo means: special vocabulary of a particular field of interest.   If you are a veteran of having Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), then you know our lingo, words like trigger and flare. But if you're new to living with IBD then you may h...
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7/16/10 5:54pm

For me it is Heavy metals, chemical sensitivity, microbe population all out of wack and terrible diet.

 

If I wanted to I can cause a major flare in a week or two by tring to chelate heavy metals though my intestines.  Not that I want to go through it again for the 4th time.

 

Good info as always E.

Elizabeth Roberts, Health Guide
7/19/10 2:49pm

Hey Pat,

 

Glad you've figured this out! And good to hear from you.

 

Elizabeth

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By Elizabeth Roberts, Health Guide— Last Modified: 12/19/10, First Published: 07/16/10