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iPoop
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Posted 10/23/2019 6:24 AM (GMT -7)
An interesting read. Certainly IBD is more common in cold climates (I'm in New England, we have lots of Canadian posters, and posters from northern Europe countries) way more than in tropical areas. I know it is not a 1-to-1 correlation, as we do have posters who have lived a long time in Florida, Costa Rica, and Southern California. Before I had read this is due to genetics being the cause (most northerners have similar genetic coding). They're claiming here that the cold weather impacts the diversity within our intestines. Can my doctor prescribe me a move to tropical climates (at least the placebo-affect of always wearing shorts, sandels and being sunny and warm would help) ;-)

https://sciencenorway.no/climate-digestive-tract-forskningno/climate-can-explain-intestinal-trouble/1397209
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Rosiedays
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Posted 10/23/2019 6:32 AM (GMT -7)
I don’t know what I think of this, but i did interpret this as the perfect excuse to get a tummy heating pad, relax with my weighted blanket, and have soaks in the bath or hot tub smile
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UCinGV
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Posted 10/23/2019 7:48 AM (GMT -7)
I have long heard that UC is more prevalent at higher latitudes, but I wrote this off as a Vitamin D thing. People get more sun, and therefore more Vitamin D, at lower latitudes.


I have heard that some Scandinavian countries' healthcare systems will send you on a trip to the sunny Mediterranean for some sicknesses.
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Uniform Charlie
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Posted 10/23/2019 4:25 PM (GMT -7)
Does anyone remember the article where a family moved to a less-developed country closer to the equator in order to cure their IBD? Or is my memory making this up?
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Vlight
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Posted 10/23/2019 4:43 PM (GMT -7)
Naww don’t wanna move to Florida...but I have to admit I had been diagnosed with low vitD before 😅
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iPoop
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Posted 10/24/2019 3:11 AM (GMT -7)
IBD patients have higher odds of being vitamin D deficient, so not unusual. Flares can cause it. Some of us have genetics related to these defeciency things...
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quincy
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Posted 10/24/2019 8:10 AM (GMT -7)
My GI said most people are low in vitamin D...the problem is that most people don't have their vitamin D checked by docs,in a general sense, because it needs a special requisition (at least where I live It does).

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MarkWithIBD
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Posted 10/24/2019 9:59 AM (GMT -7)
Countries like China had very low IBD rates until they adopted the western diet and economic lifestyle. Now the rates are just as high as anywhere else. I doubt it has anything to do with vitamin D and cold temperatures. It's more likely to do with the fact that the cold climate countries are the ones who introduced the rotten food system that we have to the entire world.
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The_Swan
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Posted 10/24/2019 3:50 PM (GMT -7)
I never had a problem with Vitamin D, and I live in Arizona smile
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momto2boys
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Posted 10/24/2019 3:52 PM (GMT -7)
I have a friend who swears that moving to Hawaii cured her RA and her son's IBD. I would happily move there if I could work in my field there and afford a home, but I don't see it as a viable option for myself.
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iPoop
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Posted 10/24/2019 4:13 PM (GMT -7)
Honestly pretty skeptical of the claims, myself. I'll be staying as northerner for some time. I'm close enough to the Canadian boarder to be an honorary-canadian, eh?
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quincy
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Posted 10/24/2019 8:58 PM (GMT -7)
Close to what province?
Not everyone says eh, eh!
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iPoop
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Posted 10/25/2019 5:08 AM (GMT -7)
Quebec Province is closest to me, as I'm a northern Vermonter.
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quincy
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Posted 10/25/2019 9:27 AM (GMT -7)
Oh je vois 😊

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Serenity Now
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Posted 10/25/2019 9:45 AM (GMT -7)
Et il s'appelle Quebec, pas "Quebec Province". ;)
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Sara14
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Posted 10/28/2019 5:57 PM (GMT -7)
I grew up in Wisconsin and got UC while living in northeast Iowa (both have very cold winters). But I moved to southern Indiana 10 years ago and the winters are really mild here, comparatively. No change in my UC symptoms since living here.
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