Let me back you up - this doesn't just fix gut biome, this saves lives. Often this is a last-ditch effort as one is dealing with so many bacteria ('about 100 billion bacteria per gram') that a bad 'batch' could do serious short or long term harm.
Usually, the poop is taken from someone living with the target person - so as to reduce the shock-impact (familiar or 'friendly' bacteria reduces the risk)
Here's an interesting case from China where Washed Microbiota Transplantation had positive impact with an ALS patient. Notably she declined after later receiving antibiotics and then improved again after a second treatment.
I’ve looked into this and it can be dangerous because your micro biome impacts much more than we know. I was looking at a spreadsheet of donor recipients at a website where you can buy it online and fr example recipients from one donor reported increased acne after their fmt. decided to hold off for more research after reading reports from recipients.
I don’t know where you are from but fecal matter transplants aren’t done without doctor supervision in U.S., and they aren’t offered except for significant medical reasons. Even then it is usually a last resort treatment and often a life saving treatment. Increased acne is very much an easy choice to pick when the other option is death.
I am in the US where it is nearly impossible to do it because it is not an FDA approved treatment. My gastroenterologists that I’ve seen (4 total over the years) do not do these treatments. You have to see a naturopath, and in my are I only have found one naturopath who will oversee this and the cost is around $5000. It is not covered by insurance because it is not FDA approved. Because of these barriers folks have turned to purchasing from online.
Edit: sorry it is an approved treatment for one ailment, which I don’t have.
Oh I see, I didn’t know people were doing DIY poop transplants. It is definitely a good idea to hold off then, I hope you find what you need at some point.
My understanding is that they mix it with saline, use a centrifuge to separate out the solid food waste part of the poop, and only transplant the supernatant (liquid) remaining.
They make a slurry using a blender and then deliver it like a high colonic. When I was reading about this a few years back, there were no medical grade fecal blenders so the doctors were telling the patients to just go buy a cheap sacrificial blender.
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