I was responding to the topic, not your message. I tend to believe in
genetic predisposition, but I believe environment plays a very big role.
Meaning you can get it without predisposition.
I say this because a poll done on this group, a long time ago, had many
respondents respond that they had suffered a "food poisoning incident
prior to the onset.
JK
anon wrote:
> By the way--you quoted the course of this thread incorrectly and
> misleadingly. When I said "This is sheer ignorance" I was responding to
a
> statement about (a) Crohn's being due solely to environmental factors,
not
> (b) to the preceding statement about the advisability of seeking
treatment
> at teaching hospitals. You expressly rearranged the comments to make it
> appear as though I was responding to (b) rather than (a). I hope this
was
> due to carelessness rather than any overt intent to mislead and distort.
>
> "Anon" <anon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:cLg8k.13821$s77.10938@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Purely opinion, but I believe that top notch teaching hospitals are the
>> best place to go. Most physicians follow a protocol, the teaching
>> hospitals are where the protocols are written.
>>
>> anon wrote:
>>> This is sheer ignorance. Crohn's is more prevalent among certain
>>> population groups such as people descended from Eastern European Jews.
>>> Often it runs in families. There may be environmental triggers, but
there
>>> are obviously genetic predispositions as well.
>>>
>>>
>>> "news.chi.sbcglobal.net" <kureforcrohns@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
message
>>> news:YTH7k.14060$Ri.12009@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Good outcomes of surgery reducing IBD do not always or even nearly
>>>> alwlays depend on the doctor or hospital. The variances are so
great,
>>>> nothng can be said with certainty, the patient's condition, present
and
>>>> ongoing are a distinct factor. Until the cause is noted and used
as
>>>> a mind relaxer (along with Valium) and the patient has some idea to
work
>>>> with as to what is causing the illness, then the physician and
hospital
>>>> play a larger role. This is the strangest illness to understand, but
I
>>>> have now noted that when no other cause or explanation can be found
for
>>>> an attack debilitating the gut or balance of body, including the
heart,
>>>> eyes, ears, feet, ALL PARTS OF THE BODY, consider crohns or
Ulcerative
>>>> Colitis. They can be the cause of death that appear to be a natural
>>>> cause or one of drug taking which can be totally erroneous.
Crohns
>>>> is never an organic illness, it is due to the environment. It
takes
>>>> experience and astuteness to recognize the toally unexpected cause of
>>>> crohns disease. Not even the doctor will know the cause. Actually,
it
>>>> is a clear cut cause but hidden to the one experiencing crohns and
UC.
>>>> and also hidden to the physician and surgeon.
>>>> Chalk one up for a totally unbelievable cause of illness, yet without
a
>>>> doubt the totally unbelievable cause of illness IS the cause.
>>>> Gail Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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