Would you do a fecal transplant if it would turn out to be the cure?
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peter j
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Posted 5/31/2011 9:20 AM (GMT 0)
Most of the time when there's new treatments coming along, for whatever disease, it's often big pharma trying to get their stocks up, or some guy who's got his "own special herbal mix" he's selling for a thousand bucks. But this is nothing like that. It's a treatment anyone can do, it costs nothing, and it's been used for c.diff. for decades.
It's more used in Europe than the US (for c.diff.), but it's becoming more usual also in the US.
The treatment is simply transplanting gut bacteria from a health person to a person with rheumatoid arthritis.
Here's the original article about it:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20927962.600-faecal-transplant-eases-symptoms-of-parkinsons.html
If you don't subscribe to NewScientist, you can read it here:
http://eng.vechnayamolodost.ru/news/news/fatreasyofpas1d.html
Here's a quote from the article:
"So what about the dramatic improvements seen in people with autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, after faecal transplant?"
The treatment is discussed here:
http://forums.phoenixrising.me/showthread.php?9758-Faecal-transplant-eases-symptoms-of-Parkinson-s-(and-CFS)
And, if you're in doubt, this is a non profit, non commercial treatment. It's hasn't been used on many RA cases, but it has been used on decades for c.diff cases that doens't resolve with normal treatment.