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My dog has IBD. How long do these painful flare-ups typically last?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female | spayed | 4 years and 9 months old | 58 lbs

HOW LONG DOES A FLARE UP LAST FOR A DOG WITH IBD?

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Answered By Susan England-Foster

Veterinarian

Published on June 24th, 2017

Ibd flare ups range in duration from a few days to weeks depending on the patient and medications. Most ibd patients are on a special diet and long term medications. Ibd is diagnosed by biopsies of the small intestine and stomach. If the patient is well controlled on a special diet than most patients will need some type of medications to help stop the flare up. Ibd does not usually resolve on its own. Hope this helps.

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    Answered By Juliana, DVM

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    Depending on what a dog is sensitive to and how severe the resulting inflammation of stomach/intestines is a "flare up" can be quite varied. If they are generally controlled well with diet and accidently get a small amount of a different food for example, the flare up may just be a few days. If a dog has more severe disease signs of IBD can last weeks and can require medication (such as medication for diarrhea, or even a steroid) to control the signs. Please let us know if you need any more specific information. IBD has a very wide range of symptoms. Good luck with KALI!

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