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Salicylates intolerance IBS

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overthehill Fri 03-Sept-21 17:17:27

This was all new to me, but always on a mission to find what upsets my bowels. I have IBS and I'm trying to discover what sets off the diarrhea that I get from time to time. I tried everything from fodmap, lactose free, cutting out this food then that food. Sometimes it appears to works then suddenly comes back. This is the latest try. Cutting out foods with high salicylates. Salicylates are in varying degrees in lots of food, fruit, veg, drinks etc. They protect fruit veg etc. from pests and diseases. Some things have none...potatoes peeled, cabbage,spring onions for example. Others are high, tea, bell peppers, cucumber, all berries. After eating near zero I will introduce suspects to see if I react. Early days been at it for a couple of weeks and things look positive, but as I said it can suddenly catch you out.

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Silverbridge Fri 03-Sept-21 17:40:01

Are you allergic to aspirin? I'm wondering because aspirin is, as you probably know, salicylic acid used to relieve pain and inflammation and reduce fever. Aminosalicylates in the form of 5-ASAs are commonly used to treat inflammatory bowel disease - IBD - not to be confused with IBS, but diarrheaa can be a side effect of taking them.

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luluaugust Fri 03-Sept-21 17:54:07

overthehill yes what a game it all is, at present I have gone gluten and lactose free to see what happens and so far so good. The GP is generally not much help unless blood is involved and one friend seems to take a lot of Imodium. As you say it takes a lot of work to find out what is in everything but I hope your present attempt works, will be interested to hear.

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overthehill Fri 03-Sept-21 17:55:39

Silver bridge, well I wasn't aware I was and have taken it in the past along with ibuprofen the same family for a back injury. I will avoid in future though

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Shrub Fri 03-Sept-21 18:03:59

I've never been able to tolerate asprin as it made me nauseous and not long ago I bought some concentrated cranberry tablets for recurring UTIs. I discovered they have the same effect and contain salicylic acid.
Ibruprofen doesn't have salicylic acid in though and is fine with me.

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Silverbridge Fri 03-Sept-21 18:11:09

It's an interesting subject overthehill.

NHS advice is not to take ibuprofen if you have a history of a strong, unpleasant reaction (hypersensitivity) to aspirin or other non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs. Patients with IBD are advised not to take ibuprofen. It can cause ulcers in your stomach or gut.

In conversation with an anaesthetist about post-operative pain relief, his advice was not to take ibuprofen but to use paracetomol.

In other words, both aspirin and ibuprofen are bad for the gut.

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