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person doesn't do it again. Second, a person who has a history of UC should be cautioned against doing things that might trigger the disease. It's fairly likely that somebody with UC would try a massive dose of vitamins without realizing that it could be a risk factor for an episode. And, there is probably somebody out there recommending peroxide enemas for whatever ails you.
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Also, it would probably be too graphic, but does anyone think that this article would be improved by an image of the...crap, how does one properly refer to mucoprulient discharge? Anyway, I think that you get the drift. I'm in the middle of a flare-up, and any necessary photos should be obtained before I can get it under control, probably a week or two.
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there are over 500 clinical and basic science citations on PubMed for immune mechanisms of ulcerative colitis and just one as H202 as a cause. We're not here to judge, we're here to report, and it's only fair to report according to what consensus in the IBD community is. There are also no case reports of peroxide causing a flare of UC either --
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release from some stimulus (traditionally favouring the Th2 pathway), autoimmune causes, or the so-called "hygiene hypothesis", where environmental causes are considered as a primary factor in pathogenesis. There are more than a hundred PubMed citations on basic and clinical evidence to support this
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Thank you for your assistance with the refs. The article is taking no position as to the validity of the radical induction theory. It is clearly presented as a theory. However, in taking an alternative look at the disease, Dr. Pravda mentions a lot of facts that other sources don't mention. These are
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But the statement that I removed is factually incorrect. UC is not usually treated as if it were an autoimmune disease. Cytoreductive therapy works for most autoimmune diseases. Doesn't work for UC. 5-ASA isn't used to treat any autoimmune disease. Steroids are used to treat many conditions that
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I agree with you that peroxide does play a role in motility in UC. No question that the literature is supporting that. But, it doesn't have a known role in pathogenesis yet (so it could be put down as a putative cause at best). It just comes down to the weight of the evidence: In the past 5 years,
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colitis? If we're discussing colitis as an umbrella term, it's only logical that H2O2 would cause chemical colitis if administered in an enema, because the stuff is so hard on sensitive tissues. (Hydrogen peroxide doesn't kill any bacteria - it is useful to bring dirt to the surface of a deep wound,
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Although the free radical theory is not "mainstream", it is, so far as I can determine, the only theory explaining ulcerative colitis. This game is played by certain rules, and ignoring a reasonable hypothesis is not one of the options. Unless somebody comes forward with an objection to this theory
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We don't (yet) have an article on chemical colitis. Perhaps we should create one, and merely note the possibility at this point. Also, perhaps we should distinguish a "cause" from a "trigger": there is a possibility (or liklihood) that a chemical insult could trigger an episode in somebody that has
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I was diagnosed with UC about 18 months ago, would anyone like to view the photo from the sigmoidoscopy in order to determine if it would be an improvement? (Yes, nowadays after a colonoscopy, you're given a shiny color photograph of your lower bowel. In case you ever wondered what it looked like.)
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I agree with you that when someone presents with what appears to be UC, chemical colitis, including hydrogen peroxide must be considered. No question. And yes, people with UC should avoid peroxide enemas. Definitely. But the same hold true for so many other things: NSAIDS cause colitis; people
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Knowledge (XXG)'s UC article. To the best of my knowledge they do represent UC... but I've only seen about 3-4 pictures of UC and don't have the benefit of having done dozens of endoscopic procedures. Any case, the licencing of the pictures is messed,
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Can the autoimmune theory explain the observation that removal of the colon seems to cure the disease? With Crohn's, the disease returns following surgery, as though something outside the intestine continues to malfunction. With UC, whatever was malfunctioning is gone after surgery, as though the
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If you're looking for some intestinal polyp pics... there are a few the German version. Most of the images are in the
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These unusual caues are important for two reasons. First, you should probably ask about these things when somebody presents with what appears to be UC. If the person has done something like this, one could hope this is the cause, and that the condition will clear up and not recur, so long as the
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One objection to both the UC and Crohn's articles is length. Althoough these have great detail, I believe we should shorten both articles by factoring the drugs and treatment into separate articles. I could write short summaries for the main articles, based on the
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I think "ulcerative" colitis referred to in the title is literally colitis that ulcerates (i.e. chemical colitis with ulcers). I've asked for the abstract to be sent to my office and will clarify further when I can peruse it, but I don't think this paper cites peroxide as a cause of UC in any
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is a Th2 cytokine that the authors of that citation suggest affects the permeability at tight junctions. It doesn't really make sense to say that the Th2 hypothesis is not offering a theory of causation for UC; it is, but there are just a lot of unknown variables. The hypothesis is that Th2
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Agreed that the radical induction theory is a different hypothesis, and should be mentioned in the article. Mention of B6, iron and peroxide as putative causes of ulcerative colitis under this hypothesis is fair also. But I don't think it's fair that it should be expanded more than that --
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Although peroxide damage is central to the radical induction theory, I don't want to confuse people in the main article. The point under the unusual causes heading is that peroxide could be a cause of an episode, and you really shouldn't do this, or introduce any other harsh chemicals.
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I would like to point out that I don't get mouth sores any more (that was the only one like that, which I ever got). There is a possibility that I DO have ulcerative colitis, or at least IBS. Nothing a steady intake of prune juice and avoidance of all fried foods couldn't fix. --
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Let me elaborate a bit: It is agreed that peroxide is a cause of chemical colitis. No question. It is also agreed that antioxidants have been hypothesized in pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis. However, with respect to peroxide being a specific cause of ulcerative colitis
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There are many chemicals that cause shallow confluent ulcers in the colon similar to ulcerative colitis that are unrelated to causality in UC. I don't think there's enough evidence that hydrogen peroxide is related enough to causality to merit a mention. --
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I don't know if this should be included. It's not a mainstream view as far as a cause. I'll grant that there are case reports of hydrogen peroxide causing colitis, but I don't think there is consensus at all of it being a specific cause of UC now --
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describing a putative pathogenic mechanism for ulcerative colitis. The paper was published in "World
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The free radical theory does not call for much change in the treatment of the disease. The theory however suggests that the epithelial membrane is fragile in some people, and that this fragility is central to the disease.
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I do not wish to further introduce the radical induction theory into the main article at this time. I became aware if the peroxide association through this source, but that is not the reason peroxide needs to be here.
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cytokines are invoked by some initiating stimulus leading to mucosal inflammation. It is an accepted hypothesis in the UC literature. The whole rigmarole around the ACT 2 trial was how
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Sheehan JF, Brynjolfsson G. Ulcerative colitis following hydrogen peroxide enema: case report and experimental production with transient emphysema of colonic wall and gas embolism.
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in the adult and pediatric populations. These theories are discussed at every major gastroenterology meeting by experts. I've listed representative citations at
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I think that you've done a fair job of handling the theory and, until more information is gathered to support it, the article should remain as you have left it.
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I've reworked the references. Please adhere closely to cite.php. One article was cited seperately on four different occasions. Some other points:
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