Thinking about Crohn’s wrong has set patients back decades
The near-exclusive focus on Crohn’s as an immune disorder has clouded the judgment of doctors and has set back the research on Crohn’s by at least a decade. Even today, many if not most doctors consider Crohn’s to be an autoimmune disorder, although little evidence in favor of that theory has ever been produced.
Yes, Crohn’s is characterized by an immune response (inflammation), but that doesn’t mean that the immune system is the root of the problem. Yes, patients can be helped by various…
