Antibiotics nearly double risk of developing IBD, doctors warn

Re:Antibiotics nearly double risk of developing IBD, doctors... by sparkie on Thursday August 27, 2020 @03:18PM (#24297525)

Purely an anecdote: I wrote in a related thread about 5 years ago how I had an allergic reaction and my guts became a mess after taking antibiotics for the first time in my life (around age 23) [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10555891]. I managed to get better by changing my diet. In 2017 I had another course of antibiotics, got very ill again and was hospitalized, diagnosed with IBD (UC), and spent nearly 13 weeks in hospital. Only thing that keeps me in remission now is Azathioprine. Had to cut back on the fibre too, now my diet is mainly meat. I also became lactose intolerant, where I'd been drinking milk all my life up to 2017 (age 30).

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Re:Antibiotics nearly double risk of developing IBD, doctors... by PaulBGD_ on Friday August 28, 2020 @12:35AM (#24301389)

This is a shot in the dark, but I had taken antibiotics to treat an infection twice last fall, then suddenly this summer have been having unexplainable (so far) stomach issues. Given the somewhat longer period after taking the antibiotics, is the length of time somewhat similar to yours?

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Re:Antibiotics nearly double risk of developing IBD, doctors... by sparkie on Sunday August 30, 2020 @03:18AM (#24321911)

Yeah, it could be similar. (Can't remember clearly first time as it was 10 years ago now).

Second time my stomach complaint got really bad, my doc assumed it was gastroenteritis and prescribed me more antibiotics. They were useless, and he figured it might be IBD a few weeks later and prescribed me some steroids (Prednisolone). The dose of steroids prescribed was useless as I already had severe symptoms by then, so I ended up hospitalized and pumped with a high dose of Hydrocortisone. If it were a few days later I probably would've been dead.

For a few months before my guts were bad, I was having pains in my chest (around the bottom of the ribcage). The doctor thought it was gallstones, but a UV scan came back negative. The pains in the lower part of the colon came afterwards, along with the diarrhoea.

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Re:Antibiotics nearly double risk of developing IBD, doctors... by herman_toothrot on Thursday August 27, 2020 @08:59PM (#24300377)

Have you looked into fecal microbiota transplants (FMT)?

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