• @lemmylommy@lemmy.world
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      321 month 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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        151 month 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?

        • @OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de
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          121 month 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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            61 month 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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              11 month ago

              It’s also not something that is widely available.