• @lemmylommy
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    328 months ago

    Also

    Antibiotics can cure the ailment in a year or two

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

    • magnetosphere
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      158 months ago

      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?

      • @[email protected]
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        128 months ago

        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)

        • mynachmadarch
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          68 months ago

          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.

          • Drusas
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            18 months ago

            It’s also not something that is widely available.