Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Ulcerative Colitis & Crohn’s Disease: It Doesn’t Have to Be Your Story

Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Ulcerative Colitis & Crohn's Disease: It Doesn’t Have to Be Your Story The incidence of the autoimmune conditions ulcerative colitis & Crohn's disease has become pretty common in today’s world. Unfortunately, a lot of people suffering from this condition are given intense drugs to suppress the symptoms while the root of the illness is not addressed. This is because there is no diagnosis code for microbiome imbalance. Some people have to go as far as removing their colon to get relief. At The Healing Center Denver, our doctors work tirelessly to make sure you get to keep the organs in your body. Seriously. Some symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease include: Mucus in the stool Blood in the stool that can lead to anemia Frequent diarrhea Abdominal pain Sudden weight loss Other autoimmune issues Each person is different, so each case is different. However, any one with ulcerative colitis is experiencing an extreme imbalance in the microbiome that causes chronic high levels of destructive inflammation. The goal for healing this condition in our patients is to eliminate sources of inflammation, recolonize the beneficial bacteria and calm the immune system. Sounds simple right? It's complex and takes a significant effort, but you can heal. The one hundred trillion cells that make up our microbiome do a lot for us. It’s a delicate ecosystem that communicates with the nervous system, our immune system that also makes nutrients and breaks down half of the waste we need to remove. It can take months to years to recolonize a broken microbiome. Fecal matter transplants can be a key tool in the process along...