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hi all,
You might like to check out this blog...more stuff out there linking MC to diet and stating that a lot of so called "IBS" is undiagnosed MC.
http://pesudomembranouscolitis.com/can- ... d-colitis/
All best Ant
Interesting blog
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that article or blog or what it may be, is so right, is my personal opinion and story. I thought for almost 8 years I had IBS. I had the symptoms of IBS. The general practitioner thought it was IBS. But is was CC. My experience for sure will not be a single unique one, but an example of many stories like it.
Good question is than, was it always CC in a very mild form just got from moment to the other much worse. Or is it something you build over the years (due to the food intolerance especially gluten and dairy).
I am on a Dutch celiac board too, and most of them also have had (mild) symptoms for 5 sometimes 10 years, before they are finally diagnosed with celiac disease. Before that, they were told it is IBS.
Thank you Ant for putting it here.
harma
Good question is than, was it always CC in a very mild form just got from moment to the other much worse. Or is it something you build over the years (due to the food intolerance especially gluten and dairy).
I am on a Dutch celiac board too, and most of them also have had (mild) symptoms for 5 sometimes 10 years, before they are finally diagnosed with celiac disease. Before that, they were told it is IBS.
Thank you Ant for putting it here.
harma
Harma,
That's a good question. This is just my opinion, but I really believe that many of us have diarrhea, intermittent in some cases, and chronic in other cases, for years, due to various causes, but eventually, if we have the right genes, something will happen to trigger the MC, (the straw that broke the camel's back), and after that, the problem is chronic, of course. Of course, MC does not develop overnight. The number of intra-epithelial lymphocytes increases slowly, as the inflammation progresses, (with the LC form of MC), and/or the collagen layer, in the lamina propria, slowly thickens, (with the CC form of MC). At some point, then, the inflammation exceeds our threshold for tolerance, and our intestines experience a fully-developed reaction.
The initial diarrhea can be due to food sensitivities, drugs, (especially NSAIDs, PPIs, and SSRIs), parasites, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, (SIBO), candida overgrowth, or even something such as the leaky gut syncrome, (LGS), caused by too much alcohol, or, (as in my case), too much sugar, but eventually, if we don't change our diet, to eliminate whatever is causing the D, then we will develop MC, (or another IBD, or celiac disease, etc.).
Note that celiac disease, for example, can be prevented, if gluten is eliminated from the diet before the disease has time to fully develop. I have no doubt that the same thing can be said of MC, and possibly the other IBDs. The problem is, mainstream medicine does not recognize this possibility, so early intervention is not recommended, or even recognized as a viable possibility, so no one tries it. Of course Dr. Fine has been recommending early intervention for over a decade, but few people in mainstream medicine pay any attention to his research and recommendations.
The saddest part of this, IMO, is the way that most doctors recommend that no one should stop eating gluten, unless they have been diagnosed with fully-developed celiac disease. To my way of thinking, such inconsiderate behavior is malpractice, and should be considered a crime.
Tex
That's a good question. This is just my opinion, but I really believe that many of us have diarrhea, intermittent in some cases, and chronic in other cases, for years, due to various causes, but eventually, if we have the right genes, something will happen to trigger the MC, (the straw that broke the camel's back), and after that, the problem is chronic, of course. Of course, MC does not develop overnight. The number of intra-epithelial lymphocytes increases slowly, as the inflammation progresses, (with the LC form of MC), and/or the collagen layer, in the lamina propria, slowly thickens, (with the CC form of MC). At some point, then, the inflammation exceeds our threshold for tolerance, and our intestines experience a fully-developed reaction.
The initial diarrhea can be due to food sensitivities, drugs, (especially NSAIDs, PPIs, and SSRIs), parasites, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, (SIBO), candida overgrowth, or even something such as the leaky gut syncrome, (LGS), caused by too much alcohol, or, (as in my case), too much sugar, but eventually, if we don't change our diet, to eliminate whatever is causing the D, then we will develop MC, (or another IBD, or celiac disease, etc.).
Note that celiac disease, for example, can be prevented, if gluten is eliminated from the diet before the disease has time to fully develop. I have no doubt that the same thing can be said of MC, and possibly the other IBDs. The problem is, mainstream medicine does not recognize this possibility, so early intervention is not recommended, or even recognized as a viable possibility, so no one tries it. Of course Dr. Fine has been recommending early intervention for over a decade, but few people in mainstream medicine pay any attention to his research and recommendations.
The saddest part of this, IMO, is the way that most doctors recommend that no one should stop eating gluten, unless they have been diagnosed with fully-developed celiac disease. To my way of thinking, such inconsiderate behavior is malpractice, and should be considered a crime.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.