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Ulcerative colitis is a disease that brings about inflammation in the large intestines. The bad news is that this disease doesn't have a cure, and can bring about pain for a person for many years. However There are ways someone can reduce the pain and that is one of the goals of this video.

If the inflammation is just in the area of the anus then the good news is there might not be pain and only rectal bleeding may be the symptom. Of course sometimes there is pain in that area. If the inflammation has moved up the intestinal tract it could bring about symptoms of diarrhea, abdominal pains, fatigue as well as constipation.
Left-sited colitis is when the inflammation affects the left side of the stomach, and that is where the pain will be.

Next the whole intestinal tract could be affected and this usually results in episodes of bloody diarrhea that is severe. There is also a rare condition known as fulminant colitis, which happens to be life-threatening. The entire colon is affected and it is rapidly expanding and constricting that could rupture the colon. People who have fulminant colitis experience rapid diarrhea, a lot of pain, dehydration and shock.

The best way to treat this condition as well as prevent it would be to improve the digestive system. Believe it or not there are billions of good bacteria in someone's intestinal tract. These good bacteria fight the bad bacteria and if they lose all kinds of bad things may happen. You can improve the good bacteria by either eating probiotics or prebiotics.

Have you heard of probiotics before? They are actually in Yogurt and are man-made. Prebiotics are found in nature within certain fruits like kiwis. Prebiotics work by actually helping grow the good bacteria already in a person's system. If you're wondering which one is better the prebiotics are way, way better.

The next thing someone can do is to consume enzymes. In certain fresh foods there is something known as enzymes that help with digestion. Unfortunately when people eat processed foods and highly cooked foods, it destroys these enzymes and it's not the best for our health.

You can get this stuff from food, but I really recommend a good dietary supplement. The reason is because the food we do consume simply doesn't have the nutrients in it like it used to. There are a lot of reasons for this, but a big one is soil depletion. This is when farmers use chemicals to make crops bigger and more resistant to bugs, but it hurts the nutrient levels.

Other ways someone can help their digestion would be by drinking lots of water and eating fiber. Fiber helps because it makes stools denser. Imagine if you're moving a piece of furniture, if you have a good grip on the furniture it's easy to move, but if you don't it's harder. Fiber makes it so your system has a good grip on the stools.
The next supplement I would recommend is omega 3.

In fact taking omega 3 is one of the best things someone can do for their health, period. The reason it helps is by reducing inflammation. Remember inflammation is the main cause of pain with this disease. 11 patients with this disease were given 4.2g per day of omega 3 fish oil. After several months it was concluded that 8 patients could reduce or eliminate their use of anti-inflammatory drugs.

Another idea would be to take something called curcumin which is a spice, and also helps reduce inflammation. 89 people in a study were separated into two groups. One group received curcumin while the other group received a placebo pill. Over the six month period the group that took this spice had 75% fewer pain attacks compared to the group that just took a placebo. Also the group that took curcumin had fewer symptoms compared to the other group.

Many of these treatment options I have mentioned can be used from a dietary supplement. The bad news with supplements is that not only can they be confusing, but they can harm people. The reality is that many governments don't really ensure supplements are safe before they are sold. Only after people start to get hurt does the supplement get pulled from store shelves, and sometimes that doesn't even happen.

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