PSC and Crohns disease

[Guest guest]

I have just watched a program on BBC2 TV , called Newsnight.

The lead story was the new possible link between Colitis and Chrons disease and bad pasteurization of cows milk.

The story talked about 3% of cows with MAP? bacteria (which is not pasteurised enough)which is then transmitted to people who then develope Colitis/Chrons.

Is this old news?

Colitis/ Chrons to PSC link.

Is there an angle here.

[Guest guest]

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I didn't watch the program but I am aware of the possible link

between crohns and improperly pasteurized milk products. The

improperly pasteurized or unpasteurized milk may contain the

bacterim,

Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis. This bacterium is

present in the milk of dairy cows infected with e's disease. I

have heard that in the northern dairy states like Minnesota,

Michigan,

New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin it is estimated that 30

percent of the dairy herds are infected with this disease.

I know that researchers have been examining the link between crohns

and es disease, however, I am not aware of any studies which have

examined the link between es disease and milk consumption in

humans.

Some researchers have reported finding a high percentage of Crohns

patients who test positive for the genetic components of this

bacterium versus a low percentage of positive tests in non-Crohns

patients. Other researchers have found no difference between the two

groups. To date, research in this area has been nonconclusive.

I have read that some crohns patients have responded well to

antibiotics. Remissions have lasted for up to four years after being

treated. These results may suggest that some microbe is at least

partically responsible for the symptoms of crohns disease.

Judy Garrison (AIH, UC, PSC?)