A very large part of what we do here is to try and teach people not only how to regain their helathy homeodynamic balance, but to prevent future episodes of falling into the dark hole of conditions such as IC and other related chronic inflammatory disorders. In my dissertation, I speak of the many contributing factors involved in the breakdown of the GUT, but a common one that I think is really often overlooked and quite common, is the use of NSAIDs. My daughter broker her arm the other night, and we were of course in the hospital. The attending physician went to give her Ibuprofen. I asked that he refrain from doing so. He looked at me like I was the most horrible woman in the world. But, that's OK. I know my child's pain tolerance and she wasn't at the point that it was absolutely necessary and what he didnt know is that at home, I have a Chinese medicine spray that is very effective at taking away the pain and is used specifically for expediting the healing of broken bones. My kid smiled when the doctor wasn't looking and mouthed the words, "thank you mommy". For any of us who have gone through alternative treatments, hopefully we have learned all of the things to pass on to our children so that they will not fall into the same traps that we may have. We have many patients in our clinic with little else that contributed to their condition except for chronic NSAID use. I think this subject has not been spoken about quite enough. This is a really nice article:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/21/research-shows-link-bet...

Dr.M