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In a potentially related story, BBC News reports a 300% increase in 10 years of younger prople being admitted with Crohn's Disease. Got it at 38 myself and, lik

In a potentially related story, BBC News reports a 300% increase in 10 years of younger prople being admitted with Crohn's Disease. Got it at 38 myself and, like others I suspect my exposure to large doses of antiobiotics may have contributed (For adult acne in my case - it's thought antibiotics deplete bacteria in the digestive tract which can lead to IBD following an infection, mine kicked off after food poisoning) http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/27810066 http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/27810066

jp555 12y ago
You could just as likely be looking at it backwards. Could it just be a 300% increase due to 1000% increase in testing? It's not really surprising; our brains are profoundly good at finding patterns, even when there are none.
- rollthehard6 12y ago
  It's quite possible IBD is just better diagnosed and patients are more aware of it yes. Myself I've been on Low Dose Naltrexone, more accurately, a low dose of Naltreone for 4 years and am asymptomatic, though I still have mildly active disease. The whole topic of OGF/Met-enkephalin is a fascinating one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Met-enkephalin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Met-enkephalin And I agree, yes, there are many factors that contribute to auto-immune disease development both genetic and environmental.
junto 12y ago
Curious. I have a related disease (Ulcerative Colitis) and I believe that the straw that broke the camel's back for me was also a course of antibiotics. I got ill also about the same age as you. In retrospect, the initial "change" for me came years beforehand after a case of severe food poisoning. After that I struggled with certain foods; seafood for example made me instantly ill, whereas previous to the food poisoning incident I could handle almost any kind of food without issue. I have recently seen an improvement in my UC after being prescribed with large doses of Vitamin D. I was suffering badly from exhaustion and fatigue, related to the side effects of UC and the medication I have to take against it. In combination with lots of foods that help with the intestinal flora, such as yogurts and pro-biotics (Yakult) I'm feeling much more healthy. I don't think that one single thing causes these kinds of illnesses. I think it is a combination of factors that come together in a perfect storm. Genetics, stress, tiredness, diet and then damage to the intestinal flora (processed food / antibiotics) I think are all factors.

jp555 12y ago

You could just as likely be looking at it backwards. Could it just be a 300% increase due to 1000% increase in testing? It's not really surprising; our brains are profoundly good at finding patterns, even when there are none.

rollthehard6 12y ago
It's quite possible IBD is just better diagnosed and patients are more aware of it yes. Myself I've been on Low Dose Naltrexone, more accurately, a low dose of Naltreone for 4 years and am asymptomatic, though I still have mildly active disease. The whole topic of OGF/Met-enkephalin is a fascinating one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Met-enkephalin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Met-enkephalin And I agree, yes, there are many factors that contribute to auto-immune disease development both genetic and environmental.

junto 12y ago

Curious. I have a related disease (Ulcerative Colitis) and I believe that the straw that broke the camel's back for me was also a course of antibiotics. I got ill also about the same age as you. In retrospect, the initial "change" for me came years beforehand after a case of severe food poisoning. After that I struggled with certain foods; seafood for example made me instantly ill, whereas previous to the food poisoning incident I could handle almost any kind of food without issue. I have recently seen an improvement in my UC after being prescribed with large doses of Vitamin D. I was suffering badly from exhaustion and fatigue, related to the side effects of UC and the medication I have to take against it. In combination with lots of foods that help with the intestinal flora, such as yogurts and pro-biotics (Yakult) I'm feeling much more healthy. I don't think that one single thing causes these kinds of illnesses. I think it is a combination of factors that come together in a perfect storm. Genetics, stress, tiredness, diet and then damage to the intestinal flora (processed food / antibiotics) I think are all factors.