CDC: Deadly bacterial illness may be spreading

The Houston Chronicle ^ | Dec. 1, 2005 | MIKE STOBBE

[djf]

Yeah, the last time I was in a health food store, they had tons of stuff for people with gluten allergies.

It's funny, because I imagine if you told a doctor twenty years ago that you thought bread was causing you problems, he'd a probably told you to get your head examined.

I have very little faith in the medical profession.

[metmom]

And then scientists (of all varieties) wonder why people are skeptical of their pronouncements. I think everyone but them realizes that they haven't got all the answers yet; and yet they treat each new *discovery* as if it's the final word on the subject, until -oops, hee, hee, hee we were wrong.

[chuckles]

Getting a diagnosed case of Crohn's is more than hives. If a doctor tell someone they have Crohn's and hasn't done a colonoscopy with biopsy, then they should be sued. There is a genetic test, also, that is about 80% accurate. My theory is it is caused by a tuberculin type bacteria that comes from milk. Why some get it and others don't may have to do with weak immune systems. The bacteria is not killed by ordinary antibiotics and kills off the normal bacteria in the gut. Replacing the dead bacteria with probiotics does help. Remicade stops the symptoms and stops the tissue attack for my daughter.

[Itzlzha]

Oops...yes, Candida.

It was late, and I was in pain....apologies for my not catching that.