Turmeric and Oregano oil putting me in flare?

I Deltaforce have you done either of these separately before? I would back off until your bleeding stops and then if you wish try one or the other alone. I can tell you I find a lot of us IBD folks don't handle fructose/fructans well so it might be the tumeric that is getting you?

yup, agree 100% with ima % bb !

deltaforce said...
I am really confused now. The blood in the stools had almost disappeared, and then yesterday I took Turmeric and Oregano oil. Noticed some blood in the poop last night. Today, the wipe is red!!

Any guesses?

I've been using oil of oregano for 10 days and I have the exact same situation. Oregano oil has also triggered my arthritis. I won't use it again and I'm very worried. I wonder, will my bowel and joints become normal after stopping it?

I don't believe I've ever seen anyone on here claim that Turmeric actually made them worse but several have complained that Oregano oil has.

From past posts all the way back to ummm John and Proto I believe were the ones that started the WOO thing - I kept a list on one of the threads and wrote it down somewhere but would have to look hard to find it again.

Anyway I do know that those that were officially diagnosed with "Pancolitis" seemed to have the best response to WOO, in fact many of those with pancolitis just disappeared presumably better now. A few pop in from time to time to say they keep it under control by taking it when needed.

There were about 8 people on the pancolitis list that found success. Now we can subtract two so far (most likely more) on the negative side of the pancolitis list.

Those with say right sided, or left sided etc were more often if not all worsened.

I don't recall Tumeric making anyone worse either. So maybe it's the combo of the two, or one individually. Best way to find out is what ima says.

Some (like myself) got worse before getting better but that is a really risky game to play.

Also the original folks with pancolitis took WOO and L.reuterii together. Those were the only two things. And the WOO was no less than 85+% Carvacrol content.

I'm similar to the OP. I think oregano oil precipitated some bleeding for me and I don't feel good with lots of turmeric. Never taken a supplement but went through a phase of putting it in every meal.

For what it's worth, and it may be not much at all, from my 23andme screen a database that links your snps with nutrition studies came up with a couple that suggested it should be avoided for me, although no idea if it would affect UC status. One is due to the effects on the cyp1a2 gene that is connected with the liver and one is in MAO A - which is to do with neurotransmitters.

There's an article knocking about on the net called "the dark side of turmeric".

Interestingly I read that aspirin can up the absorption of turmeric properties into the blood by ten. So for those of us on mesalazine it may mean too that there is interaction.

This is why I am very careful now.
If I start taking something, and as soon as I might have some adverse event, I immediately stop.
I am calling an adverse event anything that even makes me slightly worse.
I have learned this lesson toooooo many times to ignore it.
For instance methyl B12 or methyl folate,I tried to stick those out, big mistake.
5HTP crapping at midnight, not for me.
Isatis cooling and luteolin big disasters, as were homemade lacto fermented pickles.
I probably have more but they were some of the worst.
Old Mike

Post Edited (Old Mike) : 5/29/2015 7:07:12 PM (GMT-6)

OM, you are right. I've learned it hard way. I think for us, experimenting is worth taking the risk; without experimenting some natural herbs I wouldn't be able to get into remission but trying to stick something out that even slightly makes you worse is wrong. Immediately stopping after becoming even slightly worse is the right way.

It is a gamble. I guess I was too greedy and fool this time. Trusted other people's experiences with the oregano oil too much.

Yeah, I've started using hydrocortisone enema yesterday. Planning to use it for 3 weeks. Also using salofalk granules, cannabutter and nopal water but they are not effective enough this time so I need the hydrocortisone enema. I would never think I will have to use cortisone again... Some bold belief with this disease ha...

Post Edited (xy123) : 5/29/2015 8:05:09 PM (GMT-6)