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It seems like a lot of this is equally explainable as better diagnosis, meaning CD could have been around at similar rates much longer but medical science just
by ineedasername 5y ago
It seems like a lot of this is equally explainable as better diagnosis, meaning CD could have been around at similar rates much longer but medical science just didn't diagnose it as such or at the same rates.
It's a question you always have to ask when you see an increase in, well, most things: Is it an actual increase, or are we just better at noticing it now?
- abhisuri97 5y agoSurprised this isn't higher up. Crohn's was formally named/created as its own clinical entity in 1932 and the paper shows one of its graphs (Fig 1) starting in the 1940s. I doubt 8 years was enough for awareness to get out to the entire physician community about the existence of the disease and there were probably a lot of misdiagnosed cases in its early days (since crohn's has a clinically diverse presentation).
- commentsgaloer2 5y agoAnecdote of course, but my personal case may support this claim. My grandfather died when he was 34 (1960's) from an intestinal ulcer. Not diagnosed with anything. Born in south America but from Jewish immigrants (relevant as I've been told Crohn's is more prevalent among Jewish people) I was diagnosed with Crohn's when I turned 31, after having a colonoscopy because of severe diarrhea. Humira's been working so far, I've been on it for 2 years after other meds didn't do the trick. Edit: just in case it wasn't clear: I also had a pretty big intestinal ulcer. But getting diagnosed helped it not get worse, and after going on humira, it eventually got better