Crohn’s disease: A Recent Study

Medical Cannabis is increasingly popular among both scholars and patients. This is great, and it is also very helpful. Not only, in fact, popularity helps people move past the many stereotypes produced by too many years of misunderstanding and propaganda, but it also pushes doctors and researchers to investigate the many benefits this incredible plant has to offer to our body and our health.

Unfortunately, however, the results of the vast majority of the major studies rarely receive the attention they deserve. Probably it’s just a residue of skepticism that pushes the greatest cannabis-related news away from front and home pages. Or maybe people are still not 100% sure cannabis is “safe” or even “ok” to use. Certainly, it is a great shame. Fortunately enough… we are here!

For instance, have you heard about the recent study conducted by Martin Storr, an Associate Professor who works at the Department of Medicine at the University of Calgary? They article that describes it is titled Cannabis Use Provides Symptom Relief in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease but Is Associated with Worse Disease Prognosis in Patients with Crohn’s Disease, and it was published a few weeks ago in the journal Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

This is interesting news. Do you know, in fact what Crohn’s disease is? As suggested by the famous Mayo Clinic, “Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)” and “causes inflammation of the lining of your digestive tract, which can lead to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and malnutrition”. Not exactly the easiest disease to manage, and certainly not the best experience to have. So, what did Dr. Storr find out? Simply that “patients with IBD reported that Cannabis improved abdominal pain (83.9%), abdominal cramping (76.8%), joint pain (48.2%), and diarrhea (28.6%)”, and the people involved in his study were 313 – which is a big number for this kind of research.

As the title of the study indicates, however, the use of marijuana seemed also to be associated to a higher risk of surgery. “Why are you telling us this, then?” you are probably asking me now. Because I want to make a point: we need research, and we need to be open minded. Marijuana can save lives, and improve our lives, but only if we use it knowing what it does to us and our bodies. I’ve seen too many people using the wrong strains for the wrong purposes. Don’t make that mistake, and use quality stuff: http://greenhouseseeds.nl/.