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HY FRIENDS. I HAPPEN TO HEAR ON THE TV THAT FROM A HEALTHY PERSON, FAMILY I THINK.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE AN ENEMA FROM THEIR STOOLS. ARRANGED AND ACTIONED BY A MEDICAL PROFESSION OF COURSE.
THIS TAKES AWAY MC AND IT IS EASY. AND OVER ONCE AND FOR ALL.
JUST ASKING?
JUST WONDERING, NEVER SAID I WAS GOING TO DO IT.
CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT I BELIEVE.
That treatment works very well for getting rid of C. diff infections, including antibiotic-resistant C. diff infections.
We have several members who have tried that treatment, several times each. Unfortunately, so far no one has been successful in using it to control their MC. If MC were caused by a bacteria, that treatment would probably work, but it just doesn't seem to work for MC.
And in my opinion, since the treatment doesn't work for MC, this is pretty strong evidence (though not conclusive proof) that MC is not caused by a bacterial infection, as so many experts believe. I also believe that this is the reason why probiotics are not helpful for treating MC for most of us.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Marie, I had a fecal transplant for Cdiff and that took care of the Cdiff, but then my MC flared. If the transplant worked for MC I would not have suffered the return of diarrhea.
Sunny
"It is very difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. "
Upton Sinclair
At one time, I agreed with many experts that bacteria were very likely the cause of MC, but the emergence of new evidence (such as a lack of response to fecal transplants) has convinced me that any bacteria involved with MC are simply opportunistic, not causative. My theory is as I described it in the last chapter of my book, and it involves more than I can do justice to in just a few words in this post, but basically it starts with a state of chronic stress, and develops with environmental factors (such as gluten) in the diet, which causes chronic activation of mast cells (thus creating a self-perpetuating high-stress environment), and ends with the development of a disease syndrome (or syndromes) as determined by our genetics.
I doubt that the recent introduction of GMO products into the food chain has anything to do with it, because MC (and more importantly, virtually all of the other related autoimmune type syndromes) have been around since long before the GMO revolution in plant genetics. The archaeological and anthropological records show that IBDs (celiac disease) began with the introduction of gluten into the human diet, back in the neolithic period, roughly 10,000 years ago.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
