Oklahoma C. diff Patient Has Fecal Transplant

Post by **tex** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:20 am

After a year of suffering, she was willing to try the radical procedure.

http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=10781370

Tex

crranch · Post by **crranch** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:33 am

I had just read about that recently, but didn't know it was right down the turnpike from my neck of the woods.......sure hope it works for her.

Hugs,
C

JLH · Post by **JLH** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:33 pm

WOW! Amazing. I sure hope it works.........

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:30 am

I am very interested in this treatment. Some researchers in England theorize that there is something different about "normal" good gut bacteria - that it is effective because it has passed through another human GI tract (our mother's) and has become sensitized somehow. Once we lose this good bacteria (thru colitis), we cannot replace it permanently. This is why probiotics must be taken continuously - they don't take hold because they are not sensitized. The England research group is trying to make probiotics that have passed thru a human gut first. That would be a lot easier to take than a colonoscopy!