IC Disease patients may find that certain foods and drinks cause their symptoms to flare. This is especially true at the beginning or at the worst part of the illness. When I was at my worst with IC, just drinking water caused excruciating pain and caused my urine to burn terribly. Until an IC patient has their symptoms and illness under control, an elimination diet may be necessary. For some patients this may be a life long change they have to make. For others it can be temporary.
What can be difficult and confusing for IC patients is that the foods that need to be eliminated are not an across the board, general to everyone with IC type of diet. In order for IC Disease patients to find what foods they can and cannot tolerate, they need to journal their daily food intake and to record what symptoms they experience, if any, after eating each food or drink.
Tomorrow I will cover what foods to avoid for IC patients.
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