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Andy Wells
Andy Wellsalmost 4 years ago
Poop Transplant for Treatment of COVID-19

Poop Transplant for Treatment of COVID-19

Two people in Poland, suffering from a gut infection and COVID-19, received a poop transplant that ended up clearing their COVID-19 symptoms. Poop transplant, also called Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT), has recently gained attention for its ability to treat a wide range of diseases. Although it’s first-line therapy for Clostridioides difficile infection, it has also shown promising results for patients with advanced melanoma and Auto-Brewery Syndrome (ABS). However, according to a letter published in the journal Gut, a poop transplant may also help treat COVID-19 infections... Click to read the full article

Source: https://journal.medizzy.com/poop-transplant-for-treatment-of-covid-19/
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almost 4 years ago

How it works?

almost 4 years ago

As we know that during clostridium dufficile infection patient has lots of diarrhea which usually takes away the clostridium as well as the good bacterias which are in the gut, so to restore that gut bacteria into the gut again FMT is done !

almost 4 years ago

boosting immune response

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