Shukul Kachwalla

Every day is a challenge when you live with Crohn’s disease, Ulcerative Colitis, or any other inflammatory bowel disease. These diseases cause embarrassing symptoms like frequent diarrhea, bleeding, and fatigue. At a certain point when the condition worsens, the patients start losing weight during a flare-up and suddenly gain it all back. An immense attack on the digestive tract can be the cause and it results in severe abdominal pain and chronic bloody diarrhea.

Living with a chronic disease diagnosis can be scary. But learning about the illness and the management of the symptoms will aid you to lead a wellness path. A layman could easily be confused between Ulcerative Proctitis and Ulcerative Colitis, whenever they think about colon inflammation. But they differ in various ways. Read on to know how these two differ and how to manage them both. We hope we can help you with information and resources to get you feeling better physically and emotionally.

Ulcerative Colitis is a form of inflammatory bowel disease which causes inflammation and sores in the digestive tract. It affects the innermost lining of the intestine and rectum. The symptoms develop gradually rather than suddenly.

Has ulcerative colitis made it hard for you to sleep peacefully? Are you staying up late at night because of ulcerative colitis? It's time to redesign your sleep schedule.

Ulcerative Colitis in a simple language is an inflammatory bowel disease that can cause inflammation in the intestine linings. The common symptoms include abdominal pain, cramping, diarrhoea and blood in stools. In this article, we are going to discuss the various complications of ulcerative colitis in women and how to overcome them with a natural and healthy lifestyle.

Crohn’s disease most commonly develops in the small intestine as an inflammatory disease. Even though it is not fatal, it can lead to serious complications which might be fatal. Many patients do experience malnutrition because the damaged gastrointestinal tract can’t absorb enough nutrients.

This episode features how Sibel has been able to heal from Ulcerative Colitis. Here is her story!!  Hey, Sibel here! I write this was so much excitement, as I had been visualising the day that I would be able to leave my “life after colitis” story! And here I am : )   

Dr David Klein is a pioneer in the field of Self Healing Colitis and Crohn's. He healed Ulcerative Colitis more than 30 years ago and lived a life of service helping thousands of people heal from Colitis and Crohn's. We are very grateful to have been mentored by him and to be able to carry on the work he started.

Constipation is one of the most common symptoms of ulcerative colitis. Reportedly, 80% of the people who suffer from ulcerative colitis also suffer from constipation. Constipation can be characterised by less than 3 bowel movements in a week. Another sign of ulcerative colitis constipation is passing hard and dry stool.

Today's guest on IBD Heal is Robyn Chuter and our topic for the show is the gut microbiome! Robyn and Shukul are going to do a deep dive into our gut friends and find out what it takes to create a healthy gut flora. We will also cover some of the dos and don'ts of how diet and medication use can affect our Microbiome.