I was just diagnosed a year ago. I first saw a natural path for it and he explained that crohn's patients should eliminate pork, beef, dairy, and wheat from there diet. This along with fish oil, Perma clear, and HTP probiotic is working fairly well.
Mar 14, 2008
Diet by: Marydon
You need the help of a licensed dietician. Also, a young man I know is now, after many, many yers of horrible Crohns problems, taking straight Aloe Vera 3 or 4 times a day ... & hasn't had to see a gastro dr. for 10 years. Diet is KEY to controlling your Crohns disease. You need to immediately get educated.
I believe one of the Aloe products is Aloe Elite, but you can check on it.
My gastro Dr. said 'if it works for you, you have my blessings' ... but make sure you Dr. knows what you are doing & why.
Feb 26, 2008
Chrons diet by: Julie
My 12 year old had what I believe to have been a flare-up from August 2007 to Jan 2008. He had stomach cramps and felt sick and very fatigued all the time. He had bouts of diarrhea and bouts of constipation. He had weeks off school and was very poorly. Blood tests, ex-rays and scans showed nothing unusual. By the time he saw a specialist consultant his symptoms had gone - thank goodness! Anyway, during his investigations, he was put on a high fibre diet for two weeks - and his symptoms worsened. Fibre is not good for Crohns, it aggravates the stomach. I would suggest your son stears clear of high fibre cereals and fruit and veg etc. I know we are constantly told to eat 5 portions of fruit and veg and have plenty of fibre for healthy living, but whilst he is having a prolonged flare-up, he should eat whatever gives him energy and calories without making him feel worse, even though it may not be traditionally a healthy option. I wish you and your son all the best.
Feb 26, 2008
Chrons diet by: Julie
My 12 year old had what I believe to have been a flare-up from August 2007 to Jan 2008. He had stomach cramps and felt sick and very fatigued all the time. He had bouts of diarrhea and bouts of constipation. He had weeks off school and was very poorly. Blood tests, ex-rays and scans showed nothing unusual. By the time he saw a specialist consultant his symptoms had gone - thank goodness! Anyway, during his investigations, he was put on a high fibre diet for two weeks - and his symptoms worsened. Fibre is not good for Crohns, it aggravates the stomach. I would suggest your son stears clear of high fibre cereals and fruit and veg etc. I know we are constantly told to eat 5 portions of fruit and veg and have plenty of fibre for healthy living, but whilst he is having a prolonged flare-up, he should eat whatever gives him energy and calories without making him feel worse, even though it may not be traditionally a healthy option. I wish you and your son all the best.
Feb 26, 2008
Chrons diet by: Julie
My 12 year old had what I believe to have been a flare-up from August 2007 to Jan 2008. He had stomach cramps and felt sick and very fatigued all the time. He had bouts of diarrhea and bouts of constipation. He had weeks off school and was very poorly. Blood tests, ex-rays and scans showed nothing unusual. By the time he saw a specialist consultant his symptoms had gone - thank goodness! Anyway, during his investigations, he was put on a high fibre diet for two weeks - and his symptoms worsened. Fibre is not good for Crohns, it aggravates the stomach. I would suggest your son stears clear of high fibre cereals and fruit and veg etc. I know we are constantly told to eat 5 portions of fruit and veg and have plenty of fibre for healthy living, but whilst he is having a prolonged flare-up, he should eat whatever gives him energy and calories without making him feel worse, even though it may not be traditionally a healthy option. I wish you and your son all the best.
Feb 26, 2008
Diet for crohn's by: Anonymous
Hello, I understand what your son is going through. I was having symtoms (mild) for over a year and I finally went to the doctor. They did a CT scan and admitted me into the hospital for about 8 days (and I wasnt even in any pain, I was just have a lot of watery bowel movements). When they addmitted me they started me on asacol and they wouldnt let me eat the whole time I was there (they wanted my system to relax), I had food through the IV and antibiotics. When I left the hospital I lost 11 pounds. I came home and stayed on a soft diet. I drank ensure's 3 times a day, ate mashed potatoe's, and chicken and carrots (I made a stew with it). I did that for months. I finally had my colonoscopy last friday and to my suprise the GI doctor said everything looked good. He told me to stop taking the asacol and not to eat any red meat or fried food or dairy. Even though I had a antibody blood test that said I definatly have crohn's he didnt see any signs of it in the large intestines (which is what they look at with the colonscopy). Yesturday (monday, feb. 25th) they did GI test just looking at my small bowel (this is where you drink a barium and they take x-rays about every 1/2 hour). They told me that they did see something where the small bowel and large intestine's meet but they couldnt tell me anything and I have to wait to see my doctor later this week.
WoW, I am so sorry for such a long story. I think the best thing for him to eat right now would be pasta, mashed potatoes (homemade), make sure he can get some ensure, and another thing I had to start to drink was gatorade. Also, my doctor told me to eat fish, turkey, and chicken. Make sure he stay's away from fast food and anything fried. I am new to this but I hope I was able to help.
Did the doctor start him on any medication's yet? I'm not on anything yet after he took me off the asacol last week. I guess they are waiting to see all the test to see what they are going to do. I have had 4 CT scans, an upper GI series, an ultrasound, recently a colonoscopy, and small bowel series (which took almost 3 hours yesturday), they also did stool samples. If you feel like he is not getting any better and hasn't had any of these test done tell the doctor that you want them done. There is also a anti-body blood test that can tell you if it's definatly crohn's or not so maybe you can ask about that. If you feel he still isnt getting better maybe you should take him to the emergency room where he can get everything done (or most of everything) and maybe he needs to be on IV foods to let his bowels relax for a few days untill they can figure out what they are going to do. I am so sorry for such a long comment but this is all new to me also and I know what he is going through.
