'Fecal Transplants' Show Promise for Gastrointestinal Ills

[The Watcher]

Now this is just plain nasty!



'Fecal Transplants' Show Promise for Gastrointestinal Ills

TUESDAY, Nov. 1 (HealthDay News) -- They sound disgusting, but doctors say "fecal transplants" -- once shunned by the medical establishment -- are proving useful against a range of gastrointestinal ailments, new research says.
Presenting at the American College of Gastroenterology annual meeting in Washington, D.C., researchers report that the therapy can ease severe irritable bowel syndrome and nasty bacterial infections.
Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) involves taking feces from a donor, typically a spouse or relative though it could be anyone, after a light colonoscopy prep.
That sample is then mixed "with some saline so that it's a consistency that can be aspirated into 60 cc syringes," explained Dr. Mark Mellow, one of the researchers presenting findings at the meeting.
The patient then undergoes a routine colonoscopy during which the mixture is inserted. The idea is that this new, transplanted population of healthy flora will correct the patient's underlying problem and it does seem to work.

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[CaptSkip]

"No way...You're sh*tin' me right?"

[argonath]

Yep.

God gave man intelligence to create the modern medical system.

bon apetit.

[Wiskey Reb]

"No way...You're sh*tin' me right?"

Apparently that's the main idea.

There's a better way. I'll make my own flora, thank you very much.

why spend money on it, and risk introducing whatever else might be in that syringe, when the best and safest way to purge excess dead fecal matter and introduce living flora is by eating real food.

[Wiskey Reb]

Yep.

God gave man intelligence to create the modern medical system.

bon apetit.

Hehe!! Yeah, and he also gave them the intelligence to choose cucumber slices and water over potato chips and pepsi....how did that one work out? All that comes from the world of modern medicine is not wisdom.

[Mark D]

This is an ancient practice. Nothing new here.

[Freeholder]

It's along the same lines as moving cud from a healthy ruminant to one who is having digestive problems.

I kind of prefer drinking home-made kefir or eating live-culture yogurt, though.

Kathleen

[Wiskey Reb]

It's along the same lines as moving cud from a healthy ruminant to one who is having digestive problems.

I kind of prefer drinking home-made kefir or eating live-culture yogurt, though.

Kathleen

If that ruminant were extracted and prepared inside a hospital lab, I would not put it into any bovine of mine.

Kefir and other natural ferments are exactly what I was referring to as real food.

[Wiskey Reb]

This is an ancient practice. Nothing new here.

There are lots of old practices, that doesn't make them good choices. Just ask George Washington about the old practice of blood letting.

[cornetto]

There are lots of old practices, that doesn't make them good choices. Just ask George Washington about the old practice of blood letting.

Maggots are extremely effective at debriding wounds and bedsores, eating away the necrotic tissue and leaving behind the healthy, new tissue.

Leeches are used to remove excess blood after some surgical procedures, such as reattachment of fingers or limbs.