Air, water, food, sleep, and warmth are a human’s basic physiological needs. When one or more of those needs is not met, we fail to thrive.
Just as we eat and drink multiple times a day, we must also rest and digest. Likewise, we suffer when one of our bodily systems is not able to process or respond to those basic needs. In the case of ulcerative colitis, the troubled system is the digestive tract, which can affect one’s entire life.
