Sounds gross, works great: Fecal transplants cure nasty C. diff infections

Sounds gross, works great: Fecal transplants cure nasty C. diff infections

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After 52 years of marriage, Pat Shoop thought she'd shared every intimacy possible with her husband, Bob.

But that was before she became so ill with a Clostridium difficile infection last year that doctors suggested that a spousal stool transplant -- yes, a dose of Bob’s feces -- might be the only way to save her life.

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I'd say it's good news if not a little gross. They say they only use it as a last resort, but has a success rate of like 90%. I'd say they might want to use it more. It sounds like they discovered that it worked in Montreal which would make sense because they had a lot of cases of this.I guess whatever works but how is big Pharma gonna patent this. No money to be made.

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I wonder how long before someone tries this as a home remedy. I wonder if you can get the exact recipe. they say they did a study on 300 some people going back 50 years, so I'm thinking this is not the first time they have had trouble with this.

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Her name is an anagram for Poop Shat. Conspiracy?

reply to post by Cuervo


or poop hats
either way its kinda messed up and gross but if it works then more power to them

reply to post by pigwithoutawig

Well at least we know where there is an endless supply of fecal matter available for transplant!
Just browse some of the threads on our beloved ATS!

FREE POO FOR EVERYONE!!!

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Well....the poop transfer certainly is a unique treatment.....but with the high percentage rate of 90-92% of it being successful...I say it is worth it!

Yep, place an NG tube in and down the hatch!!! They dont actually have to taste or swallow it!!! AND YES It WORKS!!

I thought I had seen this before...........

Makes sense. Restore the system with good bacteria, even if it sounds like bad bacteria! How great that something simple, and dare I say it, all natural, did the trick!

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I always wondered, but i guess, certain porn stars won't ever have to worry about getting C difficelle. They have been onto a natural cure all this time. And we all thought it was just sick and gross. What we're we thinking!!?

Thats what baby elephants "doo".

A few doses of mom's poo.

and everything is good to goo.