• hash
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    412 months ago

    FYI fecal transplants are a thing and they address unhealthy microbiomes in the body. Someone else’s shit could literally save your life from a c diff infection.

    • Björn Tantau
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      52 months ago

      Trouble is that we don’t know enough about it. Especially how to find a good donor.

      • @[email protected]
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        102 months ago

        Sorry I’m late for work, boss. I made a spontaneous intrabraccael fecal donation on the way to work.

      • HonkyTonkWoman
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        22 months ago

        So we’re just abandoning the time tested “if it’s brown, send it down” protocol?

        I mean… if we can’t trust that brown poop is good poop anymore, which way is up?

    • @EnderMB
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      32 months ago

      For people with IBD or IBS, they’re practically the holy grail, if the initial reports are to be believed.