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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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HungryLikeTheWolf99 t1_iyldsrq wrote

In the era of my great-great-grandfather (who was given this advice), there was a common medical mantra: "Go West, young man, where the air is clean and dry," as a solution to tuberculosis, which was fairly rampant at the time.

One can imagine a future in which a provider tells one of many IBS patients to "Go to space, young man, where your gut biome can sort itself out." Or alternatively, "Go to the upper ring of the rotating habitat where there's only 60% earth gravity" or any of a number of other gravity manipulations as a treatment.

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Junkman3 t1_iylja39 wrote

Where can i get my gut suspension upgraded/modified? I'd there a local mechanic anyone can recommend?

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yak-broker t1_iylmg82 wrote

Replying to Data-Hungry (#844,598)

Some people who have connective-tissue problems (joint hypermobility) also have IBS, and the researchers think maybe their IBS is caused by the connective body parts that holds their guts in position is not working right, so their guts get higgledy piggledy and feel bad.

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IamreallynotaNPC t1_iylv94m wrote

Replying to wharausernameitwas (#844,623)

If your rain gutters didn't set at the correct angle, water will build up and sit in certain areas instead of having consistent angles that system uses to keep the flow of water moving towards the ground. If instead of horizontal, or slightly angled, imagine if right in the middle it sagged, that is where the water will sit until there is enough water to over come that barrier, but there will still be water that cannot be pushed out and will set there.

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Kurichan77 t1_iym6bwy wrote

Would notions in biodynamic agriculture about how the moon gravitationally influences water levels like tides and water table levels also be at play here?

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RustySnail420 t1_iynbd5q wrote

Not so far out - living with a connective tissue anomaly and IBS, it certainly crossed my mind that it was connected. From the idea of a leaky balloony stretchy issue, to gravity impacting or rather pulling at my intestines in various ways. Both mentally and physically I sometimes feel like I'm on a wrong planet - trying (and succeeding) to enjoy what I can.

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rainbluebliss OP t1_iyug05v wrote

Replying to FiestaBeans (#844,518)

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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