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Power of Poop: fecal transplants
Posted on 8/18/14 at 10:22 am
Posted on 8/18/14 at 10:22 am
Like many C. diff patients, Steve wasn't getting much relief from antibiotics. There are currently between 500,000 and three million cases of C. diff. Of those, a small but significant portion—perhaps as many as 120,000—continue to have symptoms after three rounds of standard treatment. But Steve knew of something that might work. He'd researched fecal transplants, a bizarre-sounding therapy in which patients receive an enema of someone else's feces, in the hopes that the healthy sample will reintroduce the bacteria lost in the sick patient.
It sounds disgusting, but given the alternative—colon removal—fecal transplants can be a godsend.
It sounds disgusting, but given the alternative—colon removal—fecal transplants can be a godsend for C. diff patients who don't respond to the standard battery of antibiotics. The raw material is abundant and the procedure is easy. Doctors, health officials, researchers, and entrepreneurs have begun to see the potential of fecal transplants to treat not just C. diff, but perhaps a multitude of ailments, from irritable bowel syndrome to chronic constipation
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Pretty sure this research may have been done at aTm, just a guess though.
It sounds disgusting, but given the alternative—colon removal—fecal transplants can be a godsend.
It sounds disgusting, but given the alternative—colon removal—fecal transplants can be a godsend for C. diff patients who don't respond to the standard battery of antibiotics. The raw material is abundant and the procedure is easy. Doctors, health officials, researchers, and entrepreneurs have begun to see the potential of fecal transplants to treat not just C. diff, but perhaps a multitude of ailments, from irritable bowel syndrome to chronic constipation
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Pretty sure this research may have been done at aTm, just a guess though.
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Posted on 8/18/14 at 10:30 am to Pigfeet
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Pretty sure this research may have been done at aTm, just a guess though.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 10:31 am to Pigfeet
New career choice for Gumps I guess. Most are completely full of shite.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 10:32 am to Pigfeet
Sounds like something that would be right up your alley.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 11:05 am to Wishnitwas1998
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Pretty sure this research may have been done at aTm, just a guess though.
We do have very well respected medical research programs
Posted on 8/18/14 at 11:09 am to Pavoloco83
shite donor?
where do I sign up?
where do I sign up?
Posted on 8/18/14 at 1:04 pm to Pigfeet
If you've ever known someone with C. diff infection, you'd understand why a fecal transplant wouldn't sound disgusting. It's painful.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 2:26 pm to Pigfeet
Didn't Arky get a fecal transplant when Bert moved south?
Posted on 8/18/14 at 2:41 pm to Pigfeet
I got really lucky that I didn't get to that point when I had colitis. I dropped close to 50 lbs in a two month period because anything I ate passed straight through and if it was anything of substance it felt like razor blades to digest.
Had it continued at the rate it was I would've gladly went for the fecal implant before I had to deal with shitting in a bag the rest of my life.
Had it continued at the rate it was I would've gladly went for the fecal implant before I had to deal with shitting in a bag the rest of my life.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 2:57 pm to five_fivesix
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shite donor?
where do I sign up?
plasma,sperm and shite donor....puttem all in the same complex and i'll spend one day a month there
Posted on 8/18/14 at 7:02 pm to Pigfeet
Posted on 8/18/14 at 9:09 pm to Thurber
If anyone listens to the Freakonomics podcast, they had one on this a year or two ago. It's disgusting to think about, but pretty interesting and sounds like it may have some merit to it.
They referred to it as a "transpoosion"
They referred to it as a "transpoosion"
Posted on 8/18/14 at 9:47 pm to NytroBud
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plasma,sperm and shite donor
I hope I never catch whatever it is that requires all 3 of those shot up yer arse.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:28 am to Pigfeet
I am pretty sure they use fecal matter from family members or really anyone who would have a similar diet. C. difficile is a bitch that outcompetes pretty much everything in your colon. From what I recall from learning about this stuff in my microbiology class, the treatment is very effective because it reintroduces much of what would be your normal flora.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 1:22 am to UAFanFromNOLA
frick your shite up 
Posted on 8/19/14 at 8:00 am to FourThreeForty
Code brown enema FTW.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 8:28 am to Pigfeet
that link is full of shite
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