Top Tips to Avoid Colitis Symptoms in Remission

For the majority of colitis sufferers, once you have had an attack you should be able to attain the level of health that you had before it happened. Whilst remission brings with it relief from pronounced colitis symptoms, you must always be aware that the inflammation in your large bowel has not disappeared.

It is still there. Think about it as a volcano. It has erupted for the first time, and started pouring out at times amazing amounts of lava, causing discomfort to those around (that's you). The eruption has now subsided yet the volcano is still active. In remission, the blood, mucus and the abdominal pain and discomfort will have stopped. The open sore on the bowel lining caused by the inflammation will have closed and hence the weeping of mucus and blood stopped, but that does not mean you are now free to forget about it. It?s still there; in fact it will always be there yet for now it can be described as sleeping rather than in volcano terms, dormant.

You may ask how is is possible to try and prevent it from waking up whilst doing my best to live my usual life again? Unfortunately it is not as simple as advising you to do one thing and don?t do another. If there were definitive answers, all colitis sufferers would be following them and living perhaps a colitis free life. Until that occurs, you need to be aware of your overall health more now than before and consider whether by doing something it may have a detrimental effect on a possible relapse occurring.

The first essential tip for you to avoid colitis symptoms during a period of remission is to understand and be wary about what your diet consists of. The vast majority of foods will have no detrimental effect, yet there is a chance that a few could bring on some symptoms such as diarrhea. These symptoms should not last long, perhaps not even one day but you should not be unnecessarily provoking the inflammation present in your large colon.

The second tip is for you not to extend yourself both in the physical and mental sense, especially immediately after the period of attack has subsided. It takes a significant period of time for the body to recover from a colitis attack and during this stage no excessive strain should be placed upon it that could trigger symptoms, which, if left unchecked, could develop into a full blown attack.

The third tip is to take life a little slower paced and develop methods where you can take a step back and re-energise yourself and reduce any levels of stress that might have been building. By effective colitis management techniques, you can ensure that it is you who are in control during a period of remission and to ensure that you do nothing to encourage the reappearance of the volcano and its problematic colitis symptoms.