Fecal Microbiota Transplant is Highly Effective in Real-World Practice: Initial Results from the FMT National Registry (Oct 2020) 222 completed 1 month follow-up, 123 6 month. All for CDI. 90% cured at 1mo. ~96% used stool bank. 4% recurrence after 6mo. New diagnosis of IBS and IBD occurred in 4 pts

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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's really astonishing to me that IBS, IBD, Crohn's, etc, could've simply been treated by transplanting intestinal bacteria from healthy patients. Also really depressing, due to how many people suffer from these conditions, and for how long, and with such horrible social and health complications. And the costs. All over something so simple.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Doctors are too busy classifying every illness as autoimmune so they can tell patients is a lifestyle and stress problem so go away and don't bother them.

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I’m seeing more and more medical research being done on APA.org on gut health, and bacteria, and how important it is. A few years ago, the medical community even scoffed and laughed at a link between the gut and mental illnesses (calling it holistic nonsense), and now it’s recognized and referred to as the “gut-brain connection” in studies and medical literature. Sometimes even the “second brain”.

It may seem depressing, but not only is it interesting, but it’s a good sign that the medical community is now taking this whole area of study seriously and everything that it (the “gut”) could possibly relate to and affect.