Early life antibiotic use and UC

I can't read the article but have seen alot of promising research regarding gut microbiome and IBD so seems to play on that link by the title.
Ive recently started diving deeper into this and there are some interesting strategies people have taken with results.
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Thanks Oligodar.
That's very interesting. As a child I had several bouts of antibiotics due to Bronchitis, I guess a handful of times as an adult too. Would be interesting to see how strong that link is.
The research on gut microbiome and it's affect on IBD is getting harder to ignore. In western world, hygiene is so good we've all but eliminated illness from many viruses and bacteria that still plague other parts of the world, however, allergies, asthma and auto-immune has increased dramatically. It's pretty hard not to take notice.

Ms2011, definitely. The article states that even one round of antibiotics in animals pre-disposed them to IBD.
Of course you're right, there are so many things, but one thing is for certain, auto-immune disease has a relationship and grows in frequency as countries become more industrialized. So there's a link or links there.
Gut microbiome seems to be a common reference as of late, with so many things that can disrupt such as antibiotics and chlorinated tap water and a diet that includes so many preservatives and artificial chemicals.
I know that some people say diet does nothing as there's no scientific evidence of immediate induction of inflammation from drinking chlorine or eating like crap, or maybe even taking an antibiotic. But the way we live has an overall impact on the way our bodies function. It's not hard to connect those dots, the hard part is finding out what the dots are and how we can fix them. If I knew the answer completely I wouldn't be taking an immune suppressant lol, but hopefully research keeps trending in the right direction, and people like us keep looking at these things and sharing them until something clicks.

I was on antibiotics for 5 months about a year before my official diagnosis.

Heal from overuse? Once UC is kicked in, it's your lifeling buddy. Overuse causing C. diff is a different beast and fecal transplant is a successful treatment.

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I feel pretty confident that antibiotics triggered my UC. I was group B step positive when I had my second child and had two rounds of IV antibiotics while in labor. I got mastitis when he was 4 weeks old and took antibiotics again. Then every year I would get some nasty something from my kids and end up in antibiotics. N April the year I was diagnosed I was on augmentin and prednisone for a horrible case of bronchitis. I think that was the last straw for my body, and two months later I experienced my first flare. My doctor thought it was just infections colitis, but nope, ended up being UC. I do have a grandparent who had Crohn’s and another who likely had UC but kept it in remission smoking.

Anecdotal agreement here - YEARS of antibiotic use due to misdiagnosed mitral valve prolapse (not). And every sinus infection, even if only suspected. Ah well.

Millions of people have used antibiotics throughout their lifetime and never got UC.
So unless it's in one's genes, it wouldnt happen. I have no issues to treat with antibiotics if needed. People tend to then leave till it's raging and in more trouble than when it was initially treatable.
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