Visit the Microscopic Colitis Foundation Website
http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/med ... 43613530/1
Mary Beth
New Clues to Celiac Disease
Moderators: Rosie, Stanz, Jean, CAMary, moremuscle, JFR, Dee, xet, Peggy, Matthew, Gabes-Apg, grannyh, Gloria, Mars, starfire, Polly, Joefnh
New Clues to Celiac Disease
"If you believe it will work out, you'll see opportunities. If you believe it won't you will see obstacles." - Dr. Wayne Dyer
Very interesting. They are getting closer and closer to figuring this out.
Dr. Fasano still doesn't seem to get it. He's close, but no cigars.
Gloria
Red text my emphasis."Gluten sensitivity is a totally different animal than celiac disease, because it doesn't involve the autoimmune response and it doesn't have the same long-term consequences," Fasano noted
Dr. Fasano still doesn't seem to get it. He's close, but no cigars.
Gloria
You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
Hmmmmmmm. I have to agree with Gloria - Fasano doesn't seem to know what he's talking about. In addition to what Gloria highlighted in red, the rest of that sentence, ("it doesn't have the same long-term consequences," Fasano noted), is also incorrect. Our experience with MC clearly contradicts his claim. For us, it doesn't necessarily cause villus atrophy, but it certainly causes long-term damage to the gut, and the end result is exactly the same - if we are to stop the symptoms, we have to remove all traces of gluten from our diet. If it quacks like a duck!
What really makes me wonder if he knows what he's doing, though, is the following quote, also from that article:
It's going to be difficult for me to put much trust into anything that he says, after reading that. Damn! That's pathetic.
Tex
What really makes me wonder if he knows what he's doing, though, is the following quote, also from that article:
When it turns out that something has the opposite effect of what you thought, you're clearly lost."What's really intriguing, I think, is the role of retinoic acid, which we've always thought helped to prevent the immune response rather than make it worse. It's a most provocative finding," Fasano said.
It's going to be difficult for me to put much trust into anything that he says, after reading that. Damn! That's pathetic.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.
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