Are You Born With It or Can you Get It?

[chrissa1]

Crohn's Disease.

[Sqad]

Interesting question.

It has always been thought that it is an inflammatory bowel disorder that you develop due to an exaggerated immune response to the lining of your bowel.

However, it has recently been suggested that there is a large genetic component to Crohn.s Disease supported by recent studies.

So my answer is..........either or both..........born with it and can get it.

[chrissa1]

Thanks for that sqad. My daughter has suddenly developed some very uncomfortable symptoms and is going for one of those awful "investigations" next week. We thought it was Irritable Bowel Syndrome but her Doc said no.
What are you doing up so early on a Saturday morning?

[boxtops]

OH's mum developed it in her sixties, never had any trouble before, so maybe it was lying dorment. His neice has just been diagnosed and she's in her 20s. Sounds like there may be a genetic trait, as sqad says.

[chrissa1]

Thanks boxtops. There is no history of it in our family though.

[Sqad]

chrisa...I get up ever morning at 6.am for my swim ect and as I live in the Med, that makes it 5.am in the UK.

[chrissa1]

Ooh, lucky you sqad, it's grey and chucking it down here.

[Sqad]

chrissa...it is grey here too......"chucking it down" comes later.

[boxtops]

Sqad - we are forgoing our Menorca week next month...;-(

[Sqad]

boxtops....Menorca in November......you must be mad ;-)

[boxtops]

We know that now...but last year we were lucky, we were on the beach. Timeshare in November is cheap.... (sorry chrissa, for borrowing your thread)

[chrissa1]

That's ok boxtops. It's nice to see how the "other half" live. Lol