Stool transplant-new treatment for infections due to bacterial removal by antibiotics

[underpants]

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/31234449.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1PciUoaEYY_4PcUU

Dr. Johannes Aas was stumped.

The patient in his Duluth clinic was not responding to antibiotics, and now the stubborn infection in his intestines threatened to kill him. Then Aas found a similar case written up in a 1950s Norwegian medical journal.

The cure? Replace all the bacteria in the patient's gut with a tiny dose of someone else's stool.

(Warning to readers: The rest of this story requires a strong stomach -- but it provides a remarkable glimpse into the medical potential of the unseen universe inside us.)

On a crisp fall day, she sat in the exam room with an opaque tube running through her nose, down her throat and into her stomach.

"We just need that little brown bag," said Dr. Timothy Rubin, a gastroenterologist who works with Aas. He meant the stool sample from Jolliffe's husband, which was being processed in the lab. It was mixed with water and filtered to take out the organic matter, leaving a dark brown liquid that contained billions of bacteria.

When the little bag arrived with the sample inside, Rubin used a large syringe to inject the liquid through the tube and into Jolliffe's stomach. It was over in less than a minute.

[orleans]

1. take probiotics n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

7. i would think that if you used a few probiotic capsules as suppositories,

you could accomplish the same thing, but with a lot less mess.

[readmoreoften]

2. Thanks underpants. This is totally what I needed.

Medical advancement is gross.

[underpants]

5. This graphic illustrates the process-through the nose in a tube, no incision needed

http://www.startribune.com/newsgraphics/30817449.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUvDE7aL_V_BD77:DiiUiacyKUU

[readmoreoften]

18. Why couldn't you have just Rickroll'd me, man...

[Warpy]

13. Leeches and maggots are also remarkably useful

the former in reattachment surgeries and the latter to clean out gangrenous wounds.

A lot of the really old stuff is starting to come back. There's a tremendous "ick" factor to get over, but the leeches prevent compartment syndrome and tissue necrosis and the maggots do a better job of debridement than surgery does.

Practitioners in the future are just going to need stronger stomachs.

[JVS]

3. Eat shit and LIVE!

[readmoreoften]

20. heh heh

:)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. I've heard of replacing intestinal flora with suppleents, but

haven't heard of this type of therapy. Interesting.

[SoCalDem]

6. Underpants, stool & Dr Aas... Only on DU

:rofl:

[underpants]

9. No.. I .. but I.....

:shrug:

I read this this morning in our local rag. Took me all day to find it on the web.

I had to have a sit ;-) and reread it to figure out how to search for it (author's name)

[blue sky at night]

11. Nice bus....

and the words....well then, I guess they fit per fec tly!!!











That is President Obama to you right-wing fucks!

[jedr]

8. Much like eating at Chili's;

without the bacteria.

[BlueJazz]

10. So all along my Friends have been trying to help me?? (Bluejazz..Eat Shit !!)

[Wiley50]

12. Rim Job does the same with less technology. Maybe it would fix his servers n/t

[blue neen]

14. OMG. Dr. Johannes AAS!

Priceless!

[Historic NY]

15. um...umm that sounds like a lot of sh-t to me...eat live cultured yogurt

[panader0]

16. I thought this was about repubs! What a disappointment...........

[meow2u3]

17. For a cure for MRSA

Dial 1-800-EAT-SHIT.

[Bluebear]

19. Dr. Aas!?!

[whatchamacallit]

21. What a shitty post

:evilgrin: :puke: :evilgrin: