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Posted 1/18/2011 8:00 AM (GMT 0)
New article:

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1348044/Antibiotics-increase-risk-IBS-Crohns-disease-children.html

580,000 studied. Wow. Wonder what they'd prescribe instead of antibiotics. Pretty sure I got penicillin growing up.
Posted 1/18/2011 9:06 AM (GMT 0)
Interesting! Thanks.
Posted 1/18/2011 9:33 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks GDen. My mother used to believe in antibiotics and so did the doctors. I got them plenty of times growing up...

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Posted 1/18/2011 3:28 PM (GMT 0)
I was on tetracycline (sp) for months growing up for acne. I am sure this is what caused my CD. It killed all the good gut bacteria. I am very very careful using antibiotics and if I have to take them I really up the probiotics before, during and after.
Dave
Posted 1/18/2011 4:10 PM (GMT 0)
I had alot of allergies etc as a child, and had a ped who believed in getting it into your system quickly, so got lots of antibiotics as a child. I think my biggest trigger for CD at least for me, was I started smoking at a young age. Hugs~
Posted 1/18/2011 4:10 PM (GMT 0)

My dad is a pediatrician and I NEVER got antibiotics unless I had a throat culture that came back positive for strep.  This was back in the day where you had to wait 24-48 hours for a throat culture to come back.

Only once in my childhood (well, I was actually a young adult) did my dad prescribe me antibiotics without a culture.  That was when I was skiing in Colorado and developed a hacking cough and couldn't get enough oxygen.  That was enough info for my dad, LOL.

So I'm not sure I'd buy a study like this, based on my own result.  But perhaps statistically, there could be a correlation.  But correlation does not mean causation.  Just saying.


Posted 1/18/2011 5:10 PM (GMT 0)
That is funny because I was obstructed almost every single day from August until December 2010, and it was amoxicillin in Dec. (for a bad flu) which finally helped.

Meanwhile, I was trying to increase my GOL probiotics but seemed to be getting worse.

I think there are other factors they don't know about.

Post Edited (Roni) : 1/18/2011 10:14:40 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 1/18/2011 5:20 PM (GMT 0)
What are the thing will increase Chronic Risk?
Please reply me.
Posted 1/18/2011 6:44 PM (GMT 0)
Looks like we're desperate for some answers, unfortunately, this DD is different for everyone and there's skinny and chubby people both labeled with it. What helps some is an absolute "no no" for others, therefore, I think we'll have to wait a little longer to get a definite answer as to what causes Crohn's...
Posted 1/18/2011 7:37 PM (GMT 0)
sigh, i bet u r right
Posted 1/18/2011 7:54 PM (GMT 0)
I bet the study has lawyers gearing up, like with Accutane.
Posted 1/18/2011 8:18 PM (GMT 0)
I had strep throat a lot growing up. I wonder if antibiotics caused my UC. It's weird that the article doesn't mention UC but mentions IBS.
Posted 1/18/2011 8:53 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah, I also noticed that UC wasn't mentioned. Would be weird if there was no increase in UC rates.
Posted 1/18/2011 9:46 PM (GMT 0)
My mom has read information about this, but luckily I wasn't a real sick kid when I was younger and was barely ever on an antibiotic. I had a real strong immune system growing up, which I think has really helped me deal with Crohn's and being on a immunosuppressant. I think there a lot of factors that could contribute to one developing Crohn's, and of course it's going to be different for everyone which makes it so hard, and there really isn't anyway of knowing.

I know at least some of mine is related to genetics because there are four people in my family history that has it.

Such a interesting disease..
Posted 1/19/2011 5:54 AM (GMT 0)
I think that's really interesting! I was Augmentin allllll the time as a kid because I would get the most horrendous ear infections like every 3 months. It'll be interesting to see what the final reason for Crohn's ends up being...it's sooooo different for everyone.
Posted 1/19/2011 11:25 PM (GMT 0)
My daughter was on Augmentin all the time, too, for recurrent sinus infections. She was prescribed Amoxillin when just a few months old for an ear infection. I believe Crohn's is due to a combination of factors, but am pretty sure these antibiotics could have been the tipping points.
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