YorkVol
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Now I've officially heard everything. C. Diff infections are pretty serious and potentially fatal, but this is a new treatment and as gross as it sounds, it works.
Little-known fecal transplant cures woman's bacterial infection - CNN.com
Increasingly, doctors are taking a different approach. Instead of continued assaults on bacteria, "fecal matter transplants" recolonize the colon with new bacteria from a healthy donor.
"This is brand-new for most gastroenterologists," said Dr. Suku George, Hunter's treating physician. "We are very excited about this."
George had never deposited fecal matter by colonoscopy into a patient until Hunter wanted to try it.
Hunter's mother "donated" one of her stools for the procedure. Next, the hospital lab carefully diluted it, and George pumped the foreign fecal matter right into Hunter's colon.
The result ended Hunter's struggle with C. diff.
Little-known fecal transplant cures woman's bacterial infection - CNN.com