Nicole Alderman wrote:My husband has been super excited about a banana custard-flavored treat that he could eat, and telling him that they could cause more intestinal problems would likely crush his spirit. Mine's kind of crushed right now! We really don't want a Crohn's flare up (his flare ups include diarrhea for days, horrible stomach pain, arthritus so bad he was hospitalized, fistulas, interior and exterior ulcers and uveitis. He was was bedridden for a week last time, and then on crutches for about a month. It's been 6 months, and his knee is still not back to normal. This isn't something we want to mess around with!).
I don'e even know if I should we should try introducing them to him at all, or just get different varieties, or just introduce them really slowly. I'm just so sad!
I'm not a medical professional but here's my experience with autoimmune disease and pawpaws... I have ulcerative colitis and fresh pawpaw has NEVER given me any sort of discomfort or UC symptoms. Like others have mentioned, I too experience nausea and general gastrointestinal discomfort from cooked pawpaw's. I've made bread and muffins, both causing symptoms. I will say that these symptoms aren't similar to a UC flare up, but rather a mild case of food poisoning. Interesting enough, I've made a pawpaw pudding(baked at a much lower temperature), and didn't have an issue.
