As you may remember, I've been a very strong advocate of fecal transplants; my rheumy and I even discussed them and he too likes the idea for spondy.
but too, I started having questions. I know how successful they are for those who contract c diff. but those people started out with a healthy gut microbiome that got sick. But I presume that I've had an unhealthy gut microbiome since I was a young kid, maybe since birth? maybe since i got sick as a baby? but definitely before I started school...I remember the prune juice at that young age when my brother and sister didn't need the stuff.
Anyway, I taught my infectious disease course this past spring and we did a week on gut microbiome. Read some excellent papers, which I can post the links for here if you are interested, and they talked about better success with young children than with adults who've had an unhealthy gut microbiome for a long time.
and then i read this, which may have been linked here initially...don't remember who shared it...maybe it was even you molly? anyway, I would love to see it work well on crohn's patients, etc..we'll see...i think its hopeful but the jury is still out....
http://thepowerofpoop.com/why-fmt-doesnt-always-work/the fact that its worked so well and been so safe for those with c diff increases the odds that the FDA will allow it for others..always hopeful
