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Do salicylates influence Crohn's?

Salicylate Sensitivity at SalicylateSensitivity.com

"Symptoms of Histamine or Amine Sensitivity include (but are not limited to) flushing, sweating, increased heart rate and palpitations, fall in blood pressure, fainting, asthma, tissue swelling, headaches, migraines, itching, rashes, hives, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and tingling/itching/burning in the mouth." [Emphases mine.]


"Respiratory symptoms in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and the impact of dietary salicylates" in Digestive and Liver Diseases (2007)
"Respiratory impairment is common in inflammatory bowel disease. Higher intake of dietary salicylates is associated with less active colitis and possibly causally so."

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