Fecal transplant?

[trintiybella]

Has anyone's child ever had a fecal transplant?

[cara615]

My child has not but I am familiar with the process and would be willing to perform one if I needed to. This is why I mentioned Bravo probiotics because apparently its similar to giving a fecal transplant (just less gross).

 

My only issue with fecal transplants is how do you know if the donor stool you are using is as "healthy" as can be? They give you a visual chart to determine what healthy stool looks like but my PANDAS son has the most beautifully healthy looking stool of all time and yet he is not 100% healthy. So how do you really know?

[trintiybella]

Have you actually used the bravo probiotics? Thanks for the help.

[rowingmom]

There is a lot of information on this blog:

 

http://drbganimalpharm.blogspot.ca/

 

about recovering the gut using resistant starch, soluble fiber and various probiotics. The idea seems to be "weed" using antimicrobial herbals, "seed" using SBOs and "feed" using resistant starch/soluble fiber (psyllium) and high ORAC foods.

 

I know your daughter has had trouble with some probiotics so be careful with them.

 

The SBOs (soil based organisms) that are mentioned in the blog are bacteria derived from soil, that not so long ago, most of us would have been exposed to daily. SBOs are generally cystic forms that colonize the gut, just like C. diff does, but are supposed to be good symbiotic species (unlike C. diff). There have been a couple of posts on recovery of autoimmune disease posted here, but no hard studies done.

 

Elsewhere I have seen concern about introducing any microbe in cyst form into the gut for fear that there could be trouble erradicating it if you needed to do so. You would have to make an informed decision before jumping into this.

 

We have started these protocols, but I have been using the SBOs only on myself. I have been using Align and Culturelle with DD.

Edited February 4, 2014 by rowingmom

[3bmom]

http://latitudes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=20967&p=161966

 

I hope this post works. It is from Sheila Rogers last week under Autism and gut deficiencies.

 

I sat with a Gastro nurse at a benefit dinner and she told me they had a lot of success with Fecal transplants for C-Diff. I have always wondered if a parent has noticed any improved behavior or learning. Would a C-Diff forum have any answers for you.

 

My friends daughter with severe C-Diff and IBS along with learning and anxiety issues is doing amazing on Paleo non GMO diet. She is now in her 20's and when we had lunch last week said she has never felt better.

 

The pesticides and GMO work as antibiotics to kill soil bacteria along with the elimination of weeds via the Shimake pathway. Humans don't have this pathway but our gut flora does! This correlates with the rise in Autism Spectrum and Alzheimer's.

 

If you choose to do a fecal transplant just like those who choose IVIG if you don't change diet you may relapse.

 

Under OCD forum safe plate wrote in regards to this. I wish you luck and send you hugs.

[Mayzoo]

I am active on an Autism forum and this has been discussed several times from several angles. Here is a search to forum posts about fecal transplants. You will have to register to use this link as it uses the search function of the forum, but there are 181 posts on this subject if you are interested.

 

http://autismweb.com/forum/search.php?keywords=Fecal+transplant&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=all&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search

Edited February 11, 2014 by mayzoo