I’m a newbie

Hi , I'm so glad you are reaching out. While I'm sorry to hear about your recent Crohn's diagnosis, I'm glad you found our community here. The flares of an inflammatory bowel disease can be challenging, and frustrating, so I hope some of our community members can share their ideas and tips with you for managing flare ups. Although I don't have personal experience, I know a lot of our community members track their symptoms (and what foods might be triggering) and avoiding those foods.

In the meantime, I want to share a couple of articles with you here. This article has information about coping with flare ups, https://inflammatoryboweldisease.net/living/coping-crohns-flare. And this article was written by one of our health leaders about 7 ways to help manage the ups and downs of Crohn's, https://inflammatoryboweldisease.net/living/coping-crohns. And finally, a different advocate shares his advice on flares, https://inflammatoryboweldisease.net/living/advice-for-crohns-flares.

Finally, I hope I'm not overwhelming you with information and links, but I wanted to share this article with you from one of our advocates that she wrote to the newly diagnosed, https://inflammatoryboweldisease.net/living/newly-diagnosed-support.

How are you managing currently? Have you had any discussions with your doctors about treatment plans? Please know that our community is here for you, and don't hesitate to reach out any time, whether you have more questions, need to vent, or could use some support.

Sending you gentle hugs. -- Warmly, Christine (Team Member)