GRANDMOTHER SAVED BY DAUGHTER’S POO
It must be one of the most stomach-churning medical treatments ever devised.
Ethel McEwan, an 83-year-old was near death after contracting Clostridium Difficile. But she was saved after receiving a "faecal transplant" from her daughter, Winnifred.
The treatment involves liquidising a sample of faeces from a close relative of the patient, and feeding the liquid down a tube into the stomach. The treatment restores the bacteria to levels at which they help the recovery process.
"When you tell people about the treatment, they wrinkle their noses," Mrs McEwan told the Daily Record.
"But it’s not like they put it on a plate and have you eat it. You don’t ever see or smell a thing.
"People will have a blood transplant or a kidney transplant – what’s the difference with this?"
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Super Healthy Tip...
If you are a regular reader of the Super Healthy Blog you will know that I am a strong advocate of probiotics, and improving the flora present in your intestinal tract. But this therapy may have gone one step too far for me!
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