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Microbial dysbiosis in spouses of ulcerative colitis patients: Any clues to disease pathogenesis?

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Posted 11/3/2017 12:39 PM (GMT 0)
Wonderful. There are also some cases of a spouse getting IBD after marriage to a person who
has IBD.
Old Mike
/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29085220
Posted 11/3/2017 5:03 PM (GMT 0)
The Chinese came out with something similar not too long ago. They say microbiomes are similar, not that spouses are getting IBD. I have several theories on why but all are just guesses. I'd love to see what happens where one spouse is vegan while the other is not.
Posted 11/3/2017 8:39 PM (GMT 0)
Why would vegan have anything to do with anything?
Posted 11/3/2017 10:09 PM (GMT 0)
What I meant was I would like to see a comparison of spouses with vastly different diets from one another to see if there are similarities in their microbiomes.
Posted 11/5/2017 9:49 PM (GMT 0)
My husband was diagnosed with Crohn's about 10 years ago, has been on Balsalazide ever since and has not had a flare for about 8 years. He went vegan about two months ago after watching too many shows on Netflix ;-) (really he is trying to lower his fasting blood sugar which is still higher than desired). He is in otherwise great shape.

I was diagnosed with IBD/UC almost two years ago, although I think I have had issues for much longer, just never severe. We have been married for almost 20 years. I did the Ubiome thing, I will see if he will do it if they are still accepting new participants.
Posted 11/5/2017 9:59 PM (GMT 0)
Interesting. I never really had any gut issues at all but my husband has IBS. Then out of no where, (post antibiotics and pred for asthma) I had my first flare up in 2013. We had been married for 14 years at the time, but I am the one with a family history of IBD but other than food sensitivities I had the best digestive system. I wonder if things worked the other way around for me...
Posted 11/6/2017 5:14 PM (GMT 0)
In our case, DW's gut flora was never great but so far she doesn't have those hallmark bugs, but showed up in DS' gut a year ago. I am so worried.
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