There is no clear research showing that winter swimming has a therapeutic effect on inflammatory bowel disease.
As a kind of exercise, winter swimming on a regular basis can help improve the body’s immunity and enhance the body’s resistance to diseases, but it does not have a therapeutic effect.
The treatment of inflammatory bowel disease mainly includes general treatment, drug treatment and surgery.
Inflammatory bowel disease patients should pay attention to a light diet, avoid spicy and stimulating food, avoid smoking and drinking; can follow the doctor’s instructions oral mesalazine and other aminosalicylic acid drugs, prednisone and other glucocorticoid drugs, azathioprine and other immunosuppressive drugs, infliximab and other biologics; for the emergence of toxic megacolon, intestinal perforation and other complications, should be performed surgical resection of the intestinal segment.
It is recommended that people with inflammatory bowel disease go to the regular hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor for standardized treatment, and not blindly rely on their own winter swimming treatment, so as not to delay the condition.