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Posted 1/9/2014 5:03 AM (GMT 0)
Im convinced my colitis was brought by the overuse of antibiotics. Not once ever have I ever been told that I should go on probiotics while, and/or just after taking antibiotics. When I was pregnant in 2007, I was put on antibiotics 5 times. Four of those were during my pregnancy for whatever pregnancy related infection I had, and also right after my son's birth, I ended up with bronchitis and again, fifth time in less than a year, about round of antibiotics… Ive read and studied a lot since then about antibiotics all the crazy things they ca do to a body if we are not replacing the good bacteria that is also being killed off along with the bad bacteria..

Pre-UC, Pre-Pregnancy, I was very healthy, and yes I know that UC can hit anybody at any time during their lives, I just can't help but think that it had to be excessive use of antibiotics I went through during such a short period of time.

Nobody in both my parents sides of the family have any type of UC, IBD disease that I know of.
Posted 1/9/2014 6:36 AM (GMT 0)
I too am pretty sure it was the antibiotics. As a matter of fact less than a year of dx I was on cipro! But just like mike I always got strep and have taken them at least once a year throuout childhood!

I also have 8 brothers and sisters and they don't have it nor do any of my nieces or nephews! I have gobs of them!

When people say they are on them I cringe! They are good but widely misused! Still!
Posted 1/9/2014 8:16 AM (GMT 0)
One round of antibiotics may not cause, or at least trigger, UC or Crohn's. But abuse of them due to chronic illness may. Which I wholeheartedly wave my hand in agreement to.

I'm grateful that I'm a allergic to Amoxicillin and Penicillin. Hell if I'm having that crap in my system.
Posted 1/9/2014 2:09 PM (GMT 0)
"Type II diabetes induced by steroids"


how do you know that is true judy two ?
Posted 1/9/2014 2:15 PM (GMT 0)
I wish I knew before what I know now. My daughter was on a long course of antibiotics- 4 months- for acne. 6 weeks after stopping, the UC diagnosis was made. She also comes by it honestly, with 2 maternal links, great uncle and great aunt. I cannot help but think I know the environmental trigger.
Posted 1/9/2014 2:25 PM (GMT 0)
Did she take any acne meds besides antibiotics? Accutane has had a big link with UC. It seems kind of weird that she took antibiotics for so long but did not come down with UC until after stopping.
Posted 1/9/2014 2:59 PM (GMT 0)
Raising my hand here. I was on a 3-4 year continuous course of antibiotics for acne (Bactrim DS). 1 month after stopping, i started bleeding. I am sure i was already developing UC whilst on antibiotics (was prone to D and loose stools) but i only started bleeding after stopping the antibiotics. At no point did the doctor tell me to supplement with probiotics. No one in my family has ever had IBD

I dream about going to my local camping shop and buying the spear gun, making a last appointment with my ex dermatologist (Dr Jermey Horton in Victoria, Australia for all those playing at home) and shooting him. I dont have the guts (literally) though.
Posted 1/9/2014 3:55 PM (GMT 0)

garylouisville said...
Did she take any acne meds besides antibiotics? Accutane has had a big link with UC. It seems kind of weird that she took antibiotics for so long but did not come down with UC until after stopping.

I have to agree gary, a friend of mine has a daughter with UC, she was diagnosed after taking Accutane.
Posted 1/9/2014 5:30 PM (GMT 0)
I wonder if, in these few cases where someone was on antibiotics for long periods, and did not have UC until after stopping the antibiotics, if their UC would have gone away by resuming taking the same antibiotics.
Posted 1/9/2014 6:40 PM (GMT 0)
The birth control pill is also highly suspected as being an environmental trigger for IBD (especially for Crohn's apparently) so that's BC pills, accutain, and now amoxicillin, wouldn't be surprised if there are a whole lot more of RX that have a connection to IBD as well, after all, the side effects for the majority of RX are often worse than symptoms of the condition being treated for it.
Posted 1/9/2014 7:45 PM (GMT 0)
chriskresser.com/the-high-price-of-antibiotic-use-can-our-guts-ever-fully-recover


Also, there was another study that showed infant's gut flora did not return to normal after 18-months while having one course of antibiotics. I can't find the blood link, but it was in the news last year.
Posted 1/9/2014 9:13 PM (GMT 0)

Sibby said...
chriskresser.com/the-high-price-of-antibiotic-use-can-our-guts-ever-fully-recover


Also, there was another study that showed infant's gut flora did not return to normal after 18-months while having one course of antibiotics. I can't find the blood link, but it was in the news last year.

Chris Kresser is spot on in his analysis. The only way to possibly return the flora to "normal" is through fecal transplantation, which is now becoming viable option for all types of digestive disorders. In most cases of antibiotic therapy, the flora does not properly return to normal, setting the host up for health issues in the future. They've tracked the health outcomes of babies who took antibiotics vs those who didn't, so it's easy to pinpoint where the problems originate from. I despise it when people use the genetics excuse for these diseases. No, it's not genetics; not by a long shot because people with no prior genetic susceptibility are developing IBD in "sanitized" nations.

Some of the responses in this thread are pretty saddening. It's difficult to make people understand that most antibiotic courses don't yield positive outcomes. There are more effective alternatives - bacteriophages, botanicals, herbals and even some lesser formulations like nystatin (but garlic is just as effective, if not better according to the studies).

I haven't been able to deal with the anger of being given all the misinformation about the antibiotics that I took. It's one of those what-ifs that keeps playing over and over again in my mind considering how preventable it was. UC patients have to work on the double to restore their missing flora. I'm doing everything possible to recover from it - fermented foods, prescript assist, dirt probiotics, kefir, etc.
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