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Questions about triggers
07/19/12 10:39 PM

dogsled

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I've been reading "IBS--The First Year" and studying this site, and I have two questions I've not found answers to:

�Is a person's trigger always a trigger for them?
This has confused me for years, as I suspect a few foods cause flares for me, but because they don't ALWAYS cause a flare--and in fact they often don't--I'm not sure whether they're actually a trigger. Coffee, for example. It's my most likely trigger, yet 50% of the time when I drink it, I have no reaction. Or at least not a strong enough one to be bothered. Even more nebulous: dairy. 95 percent of the time, no trouble. On occasion, trouble. Or maybe the trouble is caused by something else . . . which brings me to my next question:

�how quickly is an abnormal gastrocolic reflex kicked off by a trigger? Is it always immediate? Or can it occur sometime within 24 hours of eating? 48 hours? 72? It would help me identify my triggers if I knew the timeframe for a reaction.

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Questions about triggers
dogsled
07/19/12 10:39 PM

Re: Questions about triggers
Syl
07/20/12 04:49 AM

decaf and cottage cheese
Ahhh
07/21/12 12:01 PM

Re: decaf and cottage cheese
Syl
07/21/12 12:39 PM

Re: decaf and cottage cheese
Ahhh
07/21/12 01:09 PM

Re: decaf and cottage cheese
Syl
07/21/12 02:53 PM

Re: Questions about triggers
dogsled
07/20/12 08:27 AM

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Marilyn
07/19/12 11:07 PM

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dogsled
07/20/12 08:42 AM

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