Kev
Senior Member
Here's a thought (and yes, it happens so rarely that Ripley's called to verify it).
Has anyone taken/conducted a poll amongst the Parents of Children with IBD to see how many were bottle babies vs nursed? And, if nursed, to what age. The reason I toss this out there is that I'm alarmed by the (at least to my minds eye) increase in the number of very young children that are getting this disease. One prevalent theory (17 studies, but nothing definitive) targets MAP from beef/dairy cattle with Johnes disease as the potential culprit behind IBD. I haven't seen too many 2 year olds chowing down on a rare, juicy T-bone, so I'm guessing that red meat isn't how they 'possibly' contracted MAP, but what about cows milk? I'm wondering if there is a possible correlation in numbers that might pop out if we conducted a survey along those lines. Anyone intrigued? Or am I totally off the wall? Mind you, the one thing that goes without saying, so I'll say it here... is that, if a correlation did appear, I hope parents wouldn't go blaming themselves. The best/brightest scientific minds have yet to pinpoint what causes Crohns. And, if interesting numbers do pop up, that doesn't mean we're onto a full blown eureka moment. I raised kids, I will always remain a parent, I did the best I could with the info I had at the time.. like we all do. I couldn't help it if at various points in the process the 'experts' did a complete 180 on what is the best... Well, the point needs no further discussion. Anyone want a poll?
Has anyone taken/conducted a poll amongst the Parents of Children with IBD to see how many were bottle babies vs nursed? And, if nursed, to what age. The reason I toss this out there is that I'm alarmed by the (at least to my minds eye) increase in the number of very young children that are getting this disease. One prevalent theory (17 studies, but nothing definitive) targets MAP from beef/dairy cattle with Johnes disease as the potential culprit behind IBD. I haven't seen too many 2 year olds chowing down on a rare, juicy T-bone, so I'm guessing that red meat isn't how they 'possibly' contracted MAP, but what about cows milk? I'm wondering if there is a possible correlation in numbers that might pop out if we conducted a survey along those lines. Anyone intrigued? Or am I totally off the wall? Mind you, the one thing that goes without saying, so I'll say it here... is that, if a correlation did appear, I hope parents wouldn't go blaming themselves. The best/brightest scientific minds have yet to pinpoint what causes Crohns. And, if interesting numbers do pop up, that doesn't mean we're onto a full blown eureka moment. I raised kids, I will always remain a parent, I did the best I could with the info I had at the time.. like we all do. I couldn't help it if at various points in the process the 'experts' did a complete 180 on what is the best... Well, the point needs no further discussion. Anyone want a poll?