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FiestaBeans t1_iyldq0r wrote

I only read the summary but this is certainly one of the more original theories I have seen on this subreddit.

I have read a lot of weird stuff on mommy boards and yet I have never once heard anyone suggest anything like this:

"The high prevalence of IBS symptoms among patients with joint hypermobility offers a model for how lax mesentery can affect the structure and function of the GI tract and raises questions about whether some people with IBS may have suboptimally constructed suspension systems that remain undiagnosed. Separately, there is a high overlap between joint hypermobility and POTS, another gravity intolerance syndrome linked to IBS that we will discuss later."

It's a nice break from the microbiome stuff at least.

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ivanparas t1_iylfv8g wrote

"Gravity intolerance" is a crazy phrase.

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Tiafves t1_iylki0l wrote

Incoming space race with crazy people trying to escape Earth's gravity for allergy reasons.

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LostDefectivePearl t1_iym1ydi wrote

POTS is when you get lightheaded standing up, so gravity intolerance is a silly name but not inaccurate.

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rainbluebliss OP t1_iyug05v wrote

It does makes sense when you think about it. Everything on this planet is ultimately being held together by gravity. If that goes we literally do fall apart and to pieces and in that situ anything happens and does.

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FiestaBeans t1_iywokqz wrote

Maybe it makes sense when you think about it but I'm not quite there yet. I should have studied harder in high school biology I guess.

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