Guest guest Posted August 21, 2000 Report Share Posted August 21, 2000 Hi Mom has diverticulitis. From my understanding, this is akin to a hernia/bulge/pockets forming in the colon. The food gets caught in these pockets and sets up infection/inflammation. As for food, toxins and arthritis, I have read many articles on this. The colon is where food is absorbed into the blood stream. Many think the stomach does this, but the stomach just pulverises, makes the food easily absorbable. [Had a birds eye view a few years back] The colon aka small/large bowel, receives this pulverised mess and enzymes, followed by bacteria break it down further. When it is this semi solid state, the nutrients are able to cross into the blood stream, either side of the colon. Yes we all have bacteria in our colon, where it lives happily as long as WE do not upset it. We do upset it by taking Anti-biotics, which is why they now state you should eat Bifidus Yoghurt after any course of anti-biotics. Mind you my GP reckons you would need bucket full to survive the acid in the stomach. In the blood stream are red and white cells. The red cells are the transport system, absorb oxygen from the lungs, enzymes from the liver and nutrients from the colon, then take this mixture to every living cell in your body. The white cells are the immune system, the Police. Now should bacteria from the bowel cross into the blood stream, the lymphocytes will murder it. How can bacteria cross the colon/blood membrane? Well inflammation which upsets the mucus, by disguise or if through drugs the mucus becomes unstable, or weak. Then the lymphocytes are 'triggered' react to this foreign invader. Now while this all sounds easy, your blood is being pumped around your body. Therefore the triggered lymphocytes could now be in your lungs, kidneys, heart, or passing up your arm. Likewise lymphocytes that are triggered by any foreign invader, stage war. The fall out of this war, symptoms. It is a chain reaction, which can start in the colon and end up with symptoms showing in other parts of the body. Once the lymphocytes are triggered well they go about there business, do not stay within the original battle field. I posted about a new break through on Colitis a few months ago. Seems Colitis is a disease of the Western world, in so far as third world countries do not have it? The scientist looked into this and realised that peoples living in the third world countries have 'worms' in there colon! Therefore they took some of these worms, sterilised them and gave them to Patients with Colitis! The symptoms vanished for six months and the patients were over the moon. As the Doctor said, " All my medical life patients see me with various problems, colitis and worms in children. Never did I think that one day I would have one hundred patients outside my office screaming at me to GIVE them worms! " Seems the presence of Worms in the colon, offset the immune reaction, thereby curing the problem, Colitis. However in Western Society is it unacceptable to have worms, therefore children are dosed for worms. Once that has happened, well this mucus membrane becomes weak and off we go, trouble with a big T! Yes the theory has been around for years, however for unknown reasons and I am not going to even guess, the scientists and medical people are not doing any investigations. Personally I was hospitalised with a pain in my groin. I underwent a barrage of tests. They located inflammation of my colon, did biopsy by they returned gram negative? I then returned for my results. " The pain is emanating from your lymph nodes, due to your blood problem " And the cause of the blood problem, ? Whatever was going on, it inflamed the colon and lymph glands! The only thing that I suspected, coffee. I was at College and was drinking coffee over tea. To prove the point, if I have a cup of coffee now, tonight I would feel like death warmed up and my groin plus colon and stools will react. Go figure! Love and God Bless Gillian To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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