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Some advice for IBD patients adapted from general advice given by the mental health charity MIND (https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/coronavirus/coronavirus-and-your-wellbeing/)
Taking care of your mental health & wellbeing
Connect with people, use video calls if available
Decide on your routine, and try to stick to it
Try to keep active
Get as much sunlight, fresh air and nature as you can
Find ways to spend your time and to keep your mind stimulated
Take care with news and information
Have a strategy for if you’re feeling anxious, claustrophobic or trapped
Practical advice for staying at home
Eat well and stay hydrated
Keep taking your medication
Continue accessing treatment and support if possible
Take care of your immediate environment
Find ways to work or study at home
I am a gastroenterologist, scientist, geek, retired trumpeter and active ultra-trail runner. Investigating the causes and consequences of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. How do genetic, environmental and microbial factors affect lead to the development of Crohn's disease? The GEM project aims to find out and we have over 2 dozen sites recruiting across the UK. How do these factors affect disease flare in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis? We have set-up and recently launched the PREdiCCt study to find out. Recruiting people with IBD in clinical remission across the UK, PREdiCCt will aim to figure out how diet, lifestyle, the microbes in our guts and many other factors affect disease flare. We may then be able to ask the very simple questions, asked so ofter in our clinics "doctor, what should I eat" " what can I do".
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