Environment Plays Role in Bowel Problems

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Yes, and the environment in question is usually the doctors office and the drug

store.

 

I believe that this disease as well as cfs, fibromyalgia, autism, add and a host

of other diseases are mainly iatrogenicly induced courtesy of your doctor and

prescription meds. Frank

 

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews & storyID=3826418

 

Environment Plays Role in Bowel Problems

Fri November 14, 2003 05:22 PM ET

 

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Changing environmental factors seem to play a role

in the development of two serious bowel problems--ulcerative colitis and Crohn's

disease, new research suggests.

Classified as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), both conditions cause swelling

and inflammation of the intestines. Abdominal cramps, weight loss, and bloody

diarrhea are common symptoms. Although drugs are the first-line therapy, surgery

is usually required for both problems.

In the new study, Dr. Subra Kugathasan, of the Medical College of Wisconsin,

Milwaukee, and colleagues examined the rate of new cases of IBD occurring in

children in Wisconsin over a two-year period.

As reported in the Journal of Pediatrics, the overall rate of IBD in children

was about 7 cases per 100,000 children, according to the researchers. The rates

of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis were about 4.5 and 2.5 cases per

100,000 children, respectively.

The average age of diagnosis Crohn's disease was 13.5 years, and for ulcerative

colitis it was 11.8 years.

The IBD rates were similar among all ethnic groups, as well as among children

from sparsely versus densely populated regions. Only 11 percent of the newly

diagnosed IBD cases had close relatives with a history of the disease.

The lack of family history and the higher rate of Crohn's disease than

ulcerative colitis suggest to the investigators that new environmental factors

are involved.

Also, they point out, the incidence of IBD in children they documented is the

highest ever reported.

" A parallel phenomenon is the dramatic increase in asthma during the same period

in the West, " Kugathasan and colleagues note. " The concomitant emergence of

chronic inflammation in the lung and gut also supports the concept that changing

environmental factors play a pivotal role in the increased frequency of these

disorders in children. "

SOURCE: Journal of Pediatrics, October 2003.

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