From the article: What Causes Your Flares?
My ulcerative colitis flare-ups tended be be predictable, coming every fall and spring. Medication would help get the symptoms under control, and I would be almost symptom-free for a time. But over time the flare-ups got longer and my symptoms never abated. What Causes Your Flares?
Change, stress quitting smoking
- I have flares every Fall. Spring not so much. Maybe because Spring is a happier change, and not the dread of the coming winter? Stress also is a big factor. Also, I recently quit smoking and this seems to have brought me out of remission. I also just got over a particularly rough cold/flu, and I guess all this just adds up to the Perfect Storm for UC.
- —Guest mb2519
Getting Hot
- It seems that when I get overheated, it seems to send me into an episode.
- —Guest lisa
Don't know
- I don't know what causes my flares. I can't seem to get in remission and stay there. I only ever get to the brink of remission and then symptoms reappear again.
- —Guest Anonymous
Seems to be the change of seasons
- My flare ups seem to occur with the season change rom winter to spring and from summer to fall.
- —thermrussells
Seasonal Flare-ups
- I also tend to have the seasonal flare-ups coming in spring and fall. It has been a clear pattern.
- —Guest jody
