Hi,
The other posability is that there is a proactive doctor in the area that is able to diagnose it quickly.
Andrew.
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From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. on behalf of enable
Sent: Tue 09/03/2004 09:38
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Subject: Re: Survey on Chrones Disease
Perhaps Worcester schools and colleges are encouraging more people with Crohn's to apply for univesity and DSA than other authorities?
Adam Taussik
Disabilities Officer
University of Southampton
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From: Frances Powney [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tue 09/03/2004 08:59
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Subject: Re: Survey on Chrones Disease
How extraordinary - I have a very close friend who developed crohn's after a
relationship finished - they lived in Worcestershire. She put it down to
the stress of the break-up and, since surgery, has been clear, living first
in East Sussex and now in Kent.
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From: Bernard Doherty [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 08 March 2004 19:55
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Subject: Re: Survey on Chrones Disease
This is a familiar idea, Mick: on a campus of 6,000 there are at least 3
students and 2 staff with systemic lupus erythematosus. In the region
generally, I must have seen at least another 4 cases in the past 6 months.
This is statistically unusual but not impossible. For a while I assumed the
condition was running rampant through the country. A quick chat with other
assessors suggests its just me: the case load here is at an extreme end of
the bell curve, not off the graph all together and others see virtually no
one. Maybe you are the inverse of this: someone else gets all those cases
in the relevant counties. Interesting to know, though.
Regards, Bernard
Bernard Doherty
Assessor
East Anglia Regional ACCESS Centre
Anglia Polytechnic University
East Road
Cambridge CB1 1PT
01223 363271 x2534
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From: "Michael Trott" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 6:48 PM
Subject: Survey on Chrones Disease
> I wonder if list members might help with an informal survey.
>
> During the past few years I have assessed only a few people with
> Chrones Disease - all these students come from Worcestershire. This is
> one of the
smaller
> LEAs in terms of numbers for me and so they became noticable. I live
> in Worcestshire myself and know of two non-students with this disease.
>
> It seems strange and rather worrying that of the 8 people I know of
> all
with
> Chrones that all of them should come from this one county. This is
especially
> remarkable as I not only see students from all over the country but
several
> hundred each year from neighbouring counties. (The figures are:
Worcestershire 6
> cases plus 2 non students, Herefordshire 0, Gloucestershire 0 cases,
Dudley
> 0, Shropshire 0, Warwickshire 0, Birmingham 0, Staffordshire 0). Many
> Worcestershire students are assessed at other centres while a larger
percentage from
> Dudley and Birmingham are assessed at my centre. Statistically I would
have
> expected to see 20 or 30 cases from these 2 (metropolitan)
> authorities. I
am
> therefore wondering if there is something about Worcestershire or the
countryside
> that might give rise to a disproportionate numbrer of cases.
>
> Would you please be kind enough to let me know if you have encountered
anyone
> in your part of the country with Chrones and also let me know if you
> have encountered anyone with Chrones studying in your area whose home
> county is Worcestershire.
>
> I would be happy to share information with orther interested parties
> but please send replies off list to me at [log in to unmask]
>
> Many thanks for your help with this matter. If Worcestershire seems to
stand
> out I will try to raise the issue with the local health authority.
>
> Regards,
> Mick Trott
>
