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Posted 3/14/2012 1:00 PM (GMT -5)
Passer, exact same think as me re flares during winter but during summer it goes. I remember the first year I was ill. We had one sunny day during winter and for some reason all I wanted to do was take my top off and sunbath (even though it was chilly).

Beeswax, I greatly suspect your prescription is the D2 form of Vitamin D. That is the cheaper, synthetic form doctors prescribe. It does nothing at all. You need Vitamin D3 and the highest IU I have found is 5,000 IU per tablet.

Also, low vitamin d levels have nothing to do with the cause of ibd. The cause is clearly MAP which causes the same symptoms in cattle & every other animal apart from, apparently, humans. Anyway short of it is, vitamin d improves the immune system which fights against the map bug. No our guts aren't attacking itself. It's a way of protecting ourselves and stopping the bug and other bacteria from entering the blood stream and killing us. Exactly like when you get an ulcer in your mouth, the ulcer is there to prevent infection in a wound.
Posted 3/14/2012 1:12 PM (GMT -5)
$rules do you have crohn's or colitis?
My daughter's GIs have always checked b12 and d and encouraged supplementation. We haven't seen an effect either way.
As for MAP, I've spoken to Will Chamberlain and he was quite clear he does not believe UC is related to MAP but another unknown infection. He'll only treat CD with anti-MAP. are you on this treatment? I'm really interested in it.
Posted 3/14/2012 9:15 PM (GMT -5)
There are many theories on all the ins and outs of what causes IBD, and NONE of them have ever been proven to be the SINGLE cause, which is why effectiveness of treatments vary so widely from person to person. IBD seems to be a complex disease with multiple factors influencing flare-ups. If we knew for sure what caused it in everyone, there would be a treatment that would work for everyone.

That having been said, I am very interested in this Vitamin D thing. I have noticed that I tend to heal more over the summer and flare more in the fall, but I always thought it was related to my job as a teacher: stress-free living with lots of sleep and no work over summer vaca. Maybe I'll add vitamin D to the other hundred meds/supplements I'm already taking, LOL. Trying to throw everything at it but the kitchen sink right now!
Posted 3/15/2012 7:10 AM (GMT -5)
I saw this article a few months ago about vitamin D and UC and CD.  Very interesting that they followed 120,000 people for 20 years.  Also that they studied what happens when people move to sunny areas (from cloudy/dark). 

http://www.webmd.com/ibd-crohns-disease/crohns-disease/news/20111031/southerners-may-be-less-likely-to-have-crohns

Studies in Europe have shown that living at southern latitudes may be protective against inflammatory bowel disease. Boston researchers decided to find out if that holds true in the U.S. too.

They followed nearly 120,000 female nurses who didn't have inflammatory bowel disease at the start of the study. Over a 20-year period, 284 developed Crohn's disease and 332 developed ulcerative colitis.

Women who lived in southern latitudes at age 30 were about 50% less likely to have Crohn's disease than those who lived in northern latitudes, reports Hamed Khalili, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Hospital in Boston.

People who lived in the South were about one-third less likely to have ulcerative colitis than those who lived in the North, he tells WebMD.

Posted 3/15/2012 8:44 AM (GMT -5)
Scarecrow,

What is CCherbal TCM? Did a search, and don't see a discussion on it.
Posted 3/16/2012 3:15 PM (GMT -5)
Yes, Scarecrow what is in the CCHerbal supplement? They dont show what it is comprised of. Is this something you can tell us all?

Steve
Posted 3/16/2012 5:03 PM (GMT -5)
I definitely agree with you! over the passed summer i went to greece for a month and it was like I never had UC. Late winter is when my symptoms are usually the worst.
Posted 3/16/2012 6:48 PM (GMT -5)
I did the same actually, 8000 ui daily for a month. Helped alot! A friend who had arthritis did the same when I found it helped, she found it helped her alot! The people that suggest its a coincidence obviously don't take vitamin D :P and i doubt they're sufficient.

So many people now adays are barely sufficient unless they're outdoor workers or Olympic athletes smart enough to supplement with vit D. No wonder theres so much disease in North America, the sun phobic continent.
Posted 3/16/2012 7:20 PM (GMT -5)
Eph and triggs

CCherbal is a herbal supplement that is made in China from what I understand. I buy it locally in a health food store that is run by one of my GI doctor's patients. People rave about it and it has been a Godsend for me.

Mary
Posted 10/18/2015 11:08 AM (GMT -5)
@passer

Hi Passer!
Are you still in remission using high amounts of vitamin d? I just started and wanted to get some motivation.

For desparate people with ulcerative colits (don't know for crohn's) I have an advice. Take ground psyllium (not only the husk) 1 tablespoon 3 times a day. Consider starting with lower amounts and build up the dosage! It helped to stop some flares in the beginning. It's a little miracle :) Good luck!
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