• lemmylommy@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

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    Antibiotics can cure the ailment in a year or two

    Can you imagine the state of one’s colon after two years of antibiotics?

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      I generally don’t imagine the state of a colon even under the best of circumstances (healthy, high-fiber diet, etc.) but in this case, I’m genuinely curious. I guess two years of antibiotics would kill all your friendly gut bacteria?

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        It’s ok though, they have fecal transplants that can help.

        How often do you hear that sentence?
        (For anybody who’s never heard of it, it’s exactly what it sounds like)

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          There’s still so much research that still needs to be done on it and nowhere near enough test data. The transplants could in theory help quite a few people who just don’t even have a chance of getting access to it.