Posted 1/13/2010 11:29 PM (GMT 0)
It was great to hear a 'good news' story about a little girl who has suffered way too much for her years. Let's hope she stays UC-free forever.
Strange how this antibiotic 'rocephin' seemed to have targeted and apparently destroyed the invading bacterium that was giving Hailey UC (or at least the symptoms). Especially when most of us have been harboring the notion that antibiotics could be a 'trigger' for UC.
I don't know just how much serious research is being done for UC but I haven't much confidence in big pharma to dig deep enough and try to isolate the culprit(s) bacteria that seem to do all the damage to our colons. These bacteria are so smart they even fool our immune systems. Big pharma just love the profits they make on 'treatments', it's a licence to print money after all.
Long before I contracted UC I suffered for at least 25 years with duodenal ulcers. Of course I was prescribed the latest magic pills that were (supposed) to keep it in abeyance. Apart from suppressing stomach acid, they hardly did much to relieve the horrible gnawing pain of ulcers.
Thanks to a pair of young Aussie doctors, 85% of stomach ulcer sufferers (including myself) are now cured.
Oh, big pharma tried every dirty trick in the book to discredit and bury the doctors but trials in Oz and later Europe proved that their isolation of the bacterium (helibacter)? and subsequent treatment using powerful antibodies gave a welcome relief to most ulcer patients.
The irony is, that I often wonder if the magic bullet that cured my duodenal ulcer may have been a precursor to my UC!