MKSAP: 29-year-old man with ulcerative colitis
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians.
A 29-year-old man is evaluated during a routine examination. His medical history is significant for ulcerative colitis involving the entire colon, which was diagnosed 4 years ago. His symptoms responded to therapy with mesalamine and have remained in remission on this medication. His family history is significant for a maternal uncle who died of colon cancer at the age of 50 years.
Physical examination is unremarkable.
Serum alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, and aspartate aminotransferase levels ar...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 7, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/mksap" rel="tag" > mksap < /a > Tags: Conditions GI Source Type: blogs
Colonoscopy Probe for Diagnosing Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Researchers at Vanderbilt University developed a colonoscopy endoscope that performs Raman spectroscopy, giving it the power to spot molecules in the gut related to the presence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Currently, diagnosis of IBD is an inexact science that typically requires the patient to try different therapies that eventually point to which type of IBD (ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease) is present. This can take years in some cases, putting a great toll on people suffering from the disease before treatment options are identified.
Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease have been shown to have ...
Source: Medgadget - January 5, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: GI Source Type: blogs
The best gift of all
This holiday season we are all in search of the perfect gift. What is the one thing you truly desire for yourself and your family? Don’t you think we all want it? What if you were handed a beautifully wrapped box containing a miraculous tool that caused dramatic weight loss without limiting calories or requiring exercise?
What if this gift reduced appetite, shrunk belly fat, dropped your dress size into the single digits, and accomplished all of this while sparing you from a Biggest Loser sob fest?
What if that same gift freed you from acid reflux, heartburn, bowel urgency, and diarrhea, but also improved mood, incre...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 20, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Dr. Davis Priceless Gift Weight loss Wheat allergy Wheat Belly Wheat Belly Lifestyle Wheat Belly Total Health Wheat Watch Wheat-Free Lifestyle Detox diabetes gluten gluten-free grain grains Source Type: blogs
What If You Had a Priceless Gift?
This holiday season we are all in search of the perfect gift. What is the one thing you truly desire? Don’t you think we all want it? What if you were handed a beautifully wrapped box containing a miraculous tool that caused dramatic weight loss without limiting calories or requiring exercise?
What if this gift reduced appetite, shrunk belly fat, dropped your dress size into the single digits, and accomplished all of this while sparing you from a Biggest Loser sob fest?
What if that same gift freed you from acid reflux, heartburn, bowel urgency, and diarrhea, but also improved mood, increased energy, deepened sleep, ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 20, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Dr. Davis Priceless Gift Weight loss Wheat allergy Wheat Belly Wheat Belly Lifestyle Wheat Belly Total Health Wheat Watch Wheat-Free Lifestyle Detox diabetes gluten gluten-free grain grains Source Type: blogs
Why New Crohn ’s Disease Vaccine is a Mistake
Conclusion
Crohn’s disease is a serious disease of the gastrointestinal tract involving inflammation. There is currently no known cause or cure from a conventional medicine perspective, although treatments aim to reduce inflammation and can bring the disease into remission. Holistic approaches address gut dysbiosis, candida and parasites using nutritional supplements, medications and dietary changes.
A new vaccine is being developed in England to treat Crohn’s disease by targeting the bacterium MAP found in most Crohn’s patients. The problem with this idea is that MAP has not been shown conclusively to be the cause o...
Source: vactruth.com - November 26, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Michelle Goldstein Physical Top Stories Crohn’s disease John Hermon-Taylor MAP (Mycobaterium avium patratuberculosis) St. George’s Hospital Source Type: blogs
Shout Out to Disruptive Woman Sharon Terry and DW Man of the Month Pat Terry
The following BuzzFeed News post was published on August 20th, 2016. In it, our very own Disruptive Woman Sharon Terry and Man of the Month Pat Terry, both receive some very special recognition. And we are very proud to share it here!
This Guy Swallowed Parasitic Worms On Purpose — Then Became A Published Scientist
Sean Ahrens, who has tried just about every treatment for Crohn’s disease, ingested parasitic worm eggs as a last resort — and just wrote about it for a prestigious medical journal.
posted on Aug. 20, 2016, at 10:06 a.m.
Stephanie M. Lee
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Sean Ahrens
Since Sean Ah...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - August 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
People are going broke because they can’t afford care. It needs to end.
“I need help with my colitis.”
“Really? I thought we had things pretty well controlled.”
I hadn’t seen her in the better part of a year. I remembered how hard it had been to get her ulcerative colitis into remission. How sick she had been, how miserable her life was. There was a bit of trial and error in the office, followed by a hospitalization for intravenous steroids, then a tapering dose of prednisone and a transition to budesonide, a steroid who’s metabolism greatly limits many of the nasty side effects of prednisone. And she had lots of prednisone side effects: swollen ankles, blood pressure creeping up...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 29, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Michael P. Jones, MD Tags: Policy GI Medications Source Type: blogs
Like detergent to your intestines
Emulsifying agents are commonly used in foods to keep them mixed. You will commonly find carageenan, for instance, in ice cream to keep dairy fat from separating from the water and proteins, especially after repeated melting and refreezing.
The capacity for a compound to emulsify a solution varies from minimal to dramatic. Even some natural compounds in whole, unprocessed foods can exert modest emulsifying effects, such as acacia (acacia seeds), pectin (apples, peaches), and lecithin (egg yolks). The most powerful emulsification effects occur with synthetic or semi-synthetic emulsifying agents, such as polysorbate-80, carb...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 6, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora emulsifiers emulsifying health microbiota prebiotic probiotic Source Type: blogs
Stephen’s return from the medical quagmire
Stephen shared his 60-day Wheat Belly experience:
“Started Wheat Belly 60 days ago after a major health crisis. I found out I had type 2 diabetes 2 and very bad cholesterol. My numbers 60 days ago were: cholesterol 189, triglycerides 475, LDL could not be measured as it was so bad, HDL was 32. Two weeks ago: 20 pound weight loss, wearing a 15.5-inch neck size shirt compared to an 18. Triglycerides 79, LDL 25, HDL 40, cholesterol 81.
“I was first told on January 24, 2016 that my glucose level was 157. Forty five days later, my average glucose was 107 when measured by my diabetes counselor by downloading the data...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 7, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories cholesterol diabetes gluten grains HDL statins triglycerides Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Not Just a Man’s Disease
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, to help spread the word we are cross posting the following post. It originally ran on HuffPost Healthy Living.
Colorectal cancer is not just a man’s disease — it’s the third most common cancer in women behind lung and breast — and not just among the elderly [1]. In fact, colorectal cancer diagnoses are becoming increasingly common in individuals younger than 50 [2].
Colorectal cancer is the growth of abnormal cancerous cells in the lower part of the colon that connects the anus to the large bowel. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nea...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - March 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer Men's Health Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Brittany freed from IBS and nearly 40 lbs on Wheat Belly
Brittany shared her wonderful “before” and “after” Wheat Belly experience:
“What Wheat Belly has done for me over the last year and a half: 210 lbs/171 lbs.
“As long as I can remember, I have suffered from IBS. At 23, I had my gallbladder removed and then suffered IBS-D [irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea]. I figured out how to survive on coffee alone throughout the day to avoid clients listening to my grumbling tummy as I clipped away at hair.
“My mom turned me onto Wheat Belly. She swore it would ‘fix’ my stomach issues. She was right. I can eat! I can eat during ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 21, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories acid reflux facial change gluten grains IBS Inflammation Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
A gastroenterologist shares practical advice on probiotics
The microbiome is among the hottest topics in medical and scientific research. The National Institutes of Health and private foundations have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in research to define and characterize the human microbiome. In the next decade, billions more will be devoted to deciphering how microbes influence human health in a positive manner. The White House Office even issued a national call to action for new commitments to microbiome research from all sectors.
The implications of the microbiome are prominent in gastroenterology, my own specialty; our leading physician group, the American Gastroenter...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 10, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Matthew Ciorba, MD Tags: Meds GI Source Type: blogs
TBT: Which is More Uncomfortable – The Colonoscopy or Treatment for Colon Cancer?
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, today’s TBT post provides some helpful information on colorectal cancer.
Michelle was a healthy, active 47 year old. She tried to eat right and she exercised. It looked like the hard work was paying off: no health issues and lots of energy. Her work in the healthcare field motivated her to see her doctors regularly for checkups, to get mammograms and to have her blood work done annually. She knew she was getting close to the magical age of 50 and that soon she would need to get a colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer. Since she had no family history of the disease she wa...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - March 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer TBT Source Type: blogs
Can I eat quinoa?
It’s a frequent question: Can I eat quinoa . . . or beans, or brown rice, or sweet potatoes?
These are, of course, non-wheat sources of carbohydrates. They lack several undesirable components found in wheat, including no:
Gliadin–Degraded to exorphins that exert mind effects and stimulate appetite to the tune of 400 additional calories per day.
Gliadin–Intact, gliadin triggers autoimmune diseases and neurologic impairment.
Amylopectin A–-The highly-digestible “complex” carbohydrate of grains that is no better–-worse, in fact–-than table sugar.
So why not eat non-wheat carbohydrates all you want? If the...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 22, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle carbs gluten grains HbA1c insulin quinoa sugars Source Type: blogs
“"I enjoy the fact that colorectal surgery allows you...
""I enjoy the fact that colorectal surgery allows you to care for patients in a broad manner. I can help someone with hemorrhoids, ameliorate symptoms of Crohn's disease or diverticulitis, or cure someone of colorectal cancer or ulcerative colitis," says dpopsmd, a colorectal surgeon on Figure 1. By sharing cases from a variety of categories, including gastroenterology and geriatrics, dpopsmd has captured the attention of our global community. To see colorectal surgery cases like this, follow "dpopsmd" on Figure 1." By figure1 on Instagram Posted on infosnack. (Source: Kidney Notes)
Source: Kidney Notes - February 22, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
