Still Bleeding after corticosteroid Course and SCD on use !

[ankesob]

Well I took a corticosteroid course before 1 month, starting at 16mg daily but the course I took didn't give extreme result. my doctor advised me to take a new course raising the daily dose to 32 mg.
I started the new course and also started to use the Specific Carb Diet too. I got result from the diet, that the flare-ups stopped and everything seems to go right.
But after reducing the dose to 8 mg. daily I noticed a metionable bleeding starts brown and cherrylike then red.

I am intending to visit my doctor in 3 days. but I wonder, does anybody hade the same case as me, and is the dose I took was short to stop the bleeding ?.

With Regards.

[ctc]

What is the specific Carb Diet? My son has been on Prednizone and imuran for some time (several years) and they just raised his prednizone to 30 mg and imuran to 250 mg - his bleeding has never completely stopped. ctc

[ankesob]

The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) is a strict grain-free, lactose-free, and sucrose-free dietary regimen intended for those suffering from Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Celiac Disease, IBD, and IBS.

Of all dietary components, carbohydrates have the greatest influence on intestinal microbes (yeast and bacteria) which are believed to be involved in intestinal disorders. Most intestinal microbes require carbohydrates for energy. The SCD works by severely limiting the availability of carbohydrates to intestinal microbes. When carbohydrates are not digested, they are not absorbed. They remain in the intestinal tract, thus encouraging microbes to multiply by providing food for them. This can lead to the formation of acids and toxins which can injure the small intestine. Once bacteria multiply within the small intestine, they can destroy the enzymes on the intestinal cell surface, preventing carbohydrate digestion and absorption. At this point, production of excessive mucus may be triggered as the intestinal tract attempts to "lubricate" itself against the irritation caused by the toxins, acids, and the presence of incompletely digested and unabsorbed carbohydrates.

The SCD is based on the principle that specifically selected carbohydrates requiring minimal digestion are well absorbed, leaving virtually nothing for intestinal microbes to feed on. As the microbes decrease due to lack of food, their harmful by-products also diminish. No longer needing protection, the mucus producing cells stop producing excessive mucus and carbohydrate digestion is improved. The SCD corrects malabsorption, allowing nutrients to enter the bloodstream and be made available to the cells of the body, thereby strengthening the immune system's ability to fight. Further debilitation is prevented, weight can return to normal, and ultimately there is a return to health.