Poop pills heading to your nearest pharmacy soon...

[Eskomisaloser]

In the U.S., Clostridium difficile causes a quarter million hospitalizations and kills 14,000 people a year. These severe-diarrhea-causing bacteria resist treatment in many patients, and the rest of the time, the antibiotics kill off normal gut microbes that help keep pathologic species in check. Doctors have increasingly turned to a procedure called “fecal microbiotia transplantation” (FMT), which delivers fresh fecal material to help restore the normal balance of beneficial microbes.

These fecal transplants are about 90 percent successful, but they typically require invasive and uncomfortable colonoscopies or nasogastric tubes, which run from the nose down to the stomach. "Just getting the tube down is a problem," Elizabeth Hohmann of Massachusetts General Hospital tells NPR. And what if people gag and vomit? Would they inhale fecal matter? "That's pretty scary,” she adds.

Now it looks like frozen poop pills may be just as effective, according to results from a small pilot study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Previous work has shown that frozen material works just as well as the fresh stuff, plus it means donors can be recruited and screened whenever, rather than when a recipient is in dire need. A bank of frozen samples can be prescreened for health issues (such as hepatitis) to reduce the risks of transmitting new infections.

More here : http://www.iflscience.com/health-an...transplants-easier-swallow#comment-1634783919


Talk about a brain fart... :wtf:

 

[spiff]

saw that on tv

problem is you digest someone else's crap

 

[The_Unbeliever]

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

 

[Eskomisaloser]

Coming soon... 2 Girls 1 Pill Cup

 

[The_Unbeliever]

 

[Polymathic]

[video=youtube;Dim7YXYlRm0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dim7YXYlRm0&list=UUeiYXex_fwgYDonaTcSIk6w[/video]

 

[Nerfherder]

Hang on... I think I need to make a donation

 

[bokdrol]

Hell.

 

[Ninja'd]

Isn't it enough that I already eat All Bran?

 

[Eskomisaloser]

Isn't it enough that I already eat All Bran?

No, they want you to eat All Bran that someone else has already eaten :erm:

 

[Compton_effect]

Hang on... I think I need to make a donation

I did - as a baby. :twisted:
Story goes that one of dad's patients required a fecal transplant, and he realized he had a a perfect clean donor at home. It was just a case of driving home, changing my nappy and there you go.

 

[satanboy]

saw that on tv

problem is you digest someone else's crap

in the circle of life you already are

 

[spiff]

didn't south park have an episode where they were tied together "ass to face" swallowing each others crap

maybe that's where they got the idea from

 

[Ninja'd]

didn't south park have an episode where they were tied together "ass to face" swallowing each others crap

maybe that's where they got the idea from

Such originality from South Park

 

[Eskomisaloser]

didn't south park have an episode where they were tied together "ass to face" swallowing each others crap

maybe that's where they got the idea from

South Park got that idea from Human Centipede

 

[satanboy]

The Human Centipede


edit: too slow

 

[spiff]

I did - as a baby. :twisted:
Story goes that one of dad's patients required a fecal transplant, and he realized he had a a perfect clean donor at home. It was just a case of driving home, changing my nappy and there you go.

the key to eternal youth - suck a babies ass :erm:

 

[Compton_effect]

the key to eternal youth - suck a babies ass :erm:

I don't know the rest of the details, and I never heard who it was. I like to think it was my Economics Teacher at school. She really deserved it. :twisted:

 

[spiff]

gross jokes aside - I had a severe problem many years ago, to many anti biotics - killed my bowel movements completely. I tried those capsules that supposed to re populate your gut - they never worked for me.

went to see Dr White - now Prof White (ex Kingsberry hospital) he put me in touch with a retired nurse that does these "good bacteria" re population treatments.

it was damn un pleasant to say the least! having your colon pumped up with a mixture of good bacteria & warm water - then trotting off with a "about to burst" colon to the nearest toilet to dump it all - then repeat 3 -4 times

however this treatment did work eventually and today I'm happy to say my bowel movements are as regular as clockwork - almost as good as Sheldon's. tell you what once my stomach started working I was much, much healthier, that's for sure!

popping the pill is much more pleasant way even if it comes from someone else.

if you have bad bowel movements - all I can say is get it sorted ASAP!

 

[Beachless]

I thought that that is what probiotics are for?