Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Support Group
Irritable bowel syndrome is a common intestinal disorder that is characterized by bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea, cramping, and constipation. Typically no abnormalities appear during standard medical testing, and so irritable bowel syndrome is identified by the symptoms. Although irritable bowel syndrome can cause serious discomfort, the intestines are not harmed.
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Fecal bacteriotherapy, also known as fecal transfusion, fecal transplant, stool transplant, or human probiotic infusion (HPI), is a medical treatment for patients with pseudomembranous colitis (caused by Clostridium difficile), or ulcerative colitis which involves restoration of colon homeostasis by reintroducing normal bacterial flora from stool obtained from a healthy donor.
The Sydney (Australia) group also reports a case of presumed sclerosing cholangitis, a disease frequently associated with IBD, which recovered fully after the treatment.
Very early days of this treatment, developed by Dr. Thomas J. Borody after reading a paper published in 1958 on curing inflamation, he also developed the "triple therapy" treatment for peptic ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori infection.
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_bacteriotherapy
Fecal bacteriotherapy, also known as fecal transfusion, fecal transplant, stool transplant, or human probiotic infusion (HPI), is a medical treatment for patients with pseudomembranous colitis (caused by Clostridium difficile), or ulcerative colitis which involves restoration of colon homeostasis by reintroducing normal bacterial flora from stool obtained from a healthy donor.
The Sydney (Australia) group also reports a case of presumed sclerosing cholangitis, a disease frequently associated with IBD, which recovered fully after the treatment.
Very early days of this treatment, developed by Dr. Thomas J. Borody after reading a paper published in 1958 on curing inflamation, he also developed the "triple therapy" treatment for peptic ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori infection.
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_bacteriotherapy
For those in the US, please also note that this treatment is not FDA approved and will not, in most cases, be covered by your insurance due to the fact that it is still very much experimental and long-term effects are still unknown.
Home therapies or fecal enemas also are strongly not recommended due to the transfer of bacteria that can occur. Due to improper screening of donor matter, complications that have arose do to the use of this therapy include not only additional c. diff relapses, but in some cases the transfer of other serious infectious, including HIV.