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Resolving Crohn's disease naturally

Need some help with Crohn's issues for my son... he has been on prednisone for almost a year and is being weaned off... he continues to have major attacks.. lots of pain... requesting Diet help plus dealing with stress, sleep, and other inflammatory conditions that exacerbate his condition...

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Crohn's disease can absolutely be treated effectively through diet and naturopathic medicine treatment! Before you opt for surgery or powerful pharmaceuticals, explore your options via natural medicine treatment.

It is key to investigate his diet to determine which foods are causing him to react at this time and remove them immediately to reduce the inflammation in his body and allow him to start healing. You can do this through food allergy testing and/or an elimination diet with reintroduction. Supportive supplements and herbs can also be a major help as well as other symptom relief such as acupuncture and homeopathy.

Longer-term, it is important to balance out his immune system to reduce this over-reactivity. Detoxification can be a helpful treatment to reduce this immune reactivity as can homeopathy for reducing his susceptibility for the future.

Be well,
Kate Whimster, ND
www.wavelengthwellness.com
Response by Kate Whimster BCom, MIFHI, ND

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