IBS Is Looking More And More Like Early Stages Of An IBD

Post by **tex** » Fri May 17, 2013 2:05 pm

Researchers recently made the following startling (to them) discovery:

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients were more than four times as likely to develop osteoporosis and related fractures as individuals without the condition, a recently published study found.

Well well, let's see now — what other diseases tend to cause osteoporosis? . . . Oh yeah, celiac disease and MC, IOW, diseases associated with gluten sensitivity. Big fat surprise.

A Bone to Pick with IBS

Tex

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Fri May 17, 2013 2:08 pm

Shocker.

"Spastic colon" my a#$!

Deb · Post by **Deb** » Fri May 17, 2013 4:54 pm

I have to laugh.... When I first saw the headline to this link I thought I saw "IRS looking more and more like the early stages of an IBD". I've got to shut off the news!

Post by **tex** » Fri May 17, 2013 6:59 pm

Tex

jgivens · Post by **jgivens** » Fri May 17, 2013 8:35 pm

I suppose that the IRS could be stressful enough to trigger someone's MC! We could start a rumor maybe?

It never ceases to amaze me when a piece of info that most people have known for years makes its way into news. IBS may be the early stages of IBD. I wonder if the researcher who discovered this knows that cigarettes cause cancer or that there is an epidemic of childhood obesity in the U.S.?