Comment on Woman says faecal transplant saved her and could help many more like her
Taleya@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
There’s a lot of shitty jokes going around…but it’s been something we’ve kniwn about for nearly a century now. Repopulating gut and colon florae works like whoa
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
This is the first I’ve heard about it in relation to a mental illness though. I always thought it was only used for things you need certain bacteria to fight off that for some reason yours isn’t working for. Wikipedia lists c. diff as one of its uses.
en.wikipedia.org/…/Fecal_microbiota_transplant
Taleya@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
More and more we’re starting to realise gut health and mental health are closely entwined, it’s fascinating as hell
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Which slams up againt the issie of mental heath needi g a plethora of endless meds rather then an enema bottle of poop.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s being linked to a lot of things. Last I heard it was Alzheimer’s!