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Slide show about Fecal Transplants for Clostridium Difficile and Ulcerative Colitis

Here is a slide share document I created with some information on the use of fecal transplants and a few keys to their success. <iframe src=”http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/22930832″ width=”427″ height=”356″ frameborder=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ marginheight=”0″ scrolling=”no” style=”border:1px solid #CCC;border-width:1px 1px 0;margin-bottom:5px” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style=”margin-bottom:5px”> <strong> <a href=”http://www.slideshare.net/hurstm78/fecal-transplantdotorgslideshare” title=”Fecal Transplants for treatment of Clostridium Difficile, Ulcerative Colitis …

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How do I make Fecal Transplants work for Ulcerative Colitis?

One thing that has come to my attention recently is that some people who have tried to use fecal transplants to treat their case of Ulcerative Colitis have not yet been successful in their attempts to do so. While fecal transplants were a huge part of my experience in recovering from Ulcerative Colitis they were …

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Fecal Transplants: How to do it yourself video

In this video I outline the steps for do it yourself fecal transplants. This treatment can be used for Pseudomembraneous Colitis caused by Clostridium Difficile (c. diff.) bacteria as well as the chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease. Fecal transplants, also known as fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), fecal bacteriotherapy among other terms, …

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FDA places restrictions on Fecal Transplants

The Food and Drug Administration, the FDA has designated fecal transplant as a biologic drug, meaning that any gastroenterologist performing fecal microbiota transplants needs to obtain an Investigational New Drug permit first before performing the procedure. This is unfortunate because very few doctor currently perform the procedure at all. When they do, fecal microbiota transplants …

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Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis using Fecal Bacteriotherapy

Ulcerative Colitis sustained remission after fecal transplants without the continued use of medications. The excerpt below documents six cases of Ulcerative Colitis that were successfully treated using fecal transplants also known as fecal bacteriotherapy.  The article Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis Using Fecal Bacteriotherapy was published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology in 2003 by Dr. …

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Why use Fecal Transplants to treat Ulcerative Colitis (video)

Why use Fecal Transplants to treat Ulcerative Colitis Video Here is a brief video talk about why to use Fecal Transplants instead of anti-biotics or pro-biotics to treat Ulcerative Colitis or for that matter Crohn’s Disease or Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Before you have irreversible, life-altering surgery or subject yourself to yet another drug that …

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Fecal Transplant for Ulcerative Colitis effectiveness and safety in children and young adults

Here is more good news. A study was just released documenting the safety and effectiveness of Fecal Microbiota Transplant to treat Ulcerative Colitis in children and young adults (age 7 – 21.) Previous research and published case studies have consistently documented the safety and low prevalence of side-effects of fecal transplants primarily to treat Pseudomembranous Colitis caused …

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Fecal Transplants Cure Ulcerative Colitis book now available

“Fecal Transplant cures Ulcerative Colitis” the e-book is now here. Get your copy in electronic form and also get complimentary access to consultations with the author. This book details my experience with Ulcerative Colitis and how I got to the point where I ended up using self-administered Fecal Transplant (enemas) to treat and ultimately cure myself of …

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Fecal Transplant for Ulcerative Colitis – how many do you need to do?

How many Fecal Transplants do I need to do? One question I have often gotten is how many Fecal Transplants do I need to do and for how long. Since until very recently very few doctors would perform the Fecal transplant procedure (also known as Fecal Microbiota Transplants, Fecal Enemas and several other names) in …

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Fecal Transplants at home cured Ulcerative Colitis – update a year and a half later

I have gotten many questions and comments on whether I am still symptom-free. I’m happy to say that I am still symptom-free and actually doing better than I was before getting Ulcerative Colitis. Today it will have been exactly 18 months since I did the last of my self-administered Fecal Transplants at home to cure …

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Great video about using Fecal Transplant to cure Colitis caused by c. diff

Here is a quick video that briefly covers the facts about Pseudomembranous Colitis caused by Clostridium Difficile (c. diff.) bacteria and a brief overview of Fecal Transplant for which I go into greater detail.

Bupropion as a treatment for Ulcerative Colitis

This article is about drugs that can help work with Fecal Transplants and make them more effective. It grew out of several responses I have written to emails from people who have visited this site. What really tipped the illness in my favor was when I started Bupropion (brand name Wellbutrin) and Silenor (6 mg …

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Fecal Transplant: Slow diarrhea and urgency so good bacteria can colonize

Q: How do I slow diarrhea with my case of Ulcerative Colitis? At this point I am having a hard time and there are sudden urges and bloating that I can often barely make it to the bathroom most of the time. What do you recommend I do with my diet, are their any drugs …

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Can Fecal Transplants treat obesity?

Can Fecal Transplant help with obesity? Obesity has continued to become more and more of a problem over the last few years in the U.S. and it also contributes to a wide range of related illnesses including diabetes and just today a study was released that obesity during pregnancy could contribute to autism in children. …

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Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation Team Challenge

Hi, I am running in the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation Team Challenge in June near the Washington, DC area. If any of you would like to donate to the cause here is the link. Thank you. Michael http://www.active.com/donate/virginia12dc/MHurstdc

How do I get my donor screened for Fecal Transplant?

This is a question I have been asked a few times before. How did I get my donor screened? I ended up NOT having any testing done, simply because I realized from my donor’s medical history and the incidence of such cases within the U.S. (epidemiology) that there was basically no chance that they had …

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How do you select a donor for Fecal Transplant

I recently got a question from a reader about selecting a donor to do the Fecal Transplant for Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis. Q: Can you post something about how you collected a sample from a friend?  I am mortified about the social part.  I would also like to make it the physical process as …

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Cured! By a combination of Fecal Transplant, drugs and diet

I know it’s been awhile since I last posted about my progress with Ulcerative Colitis. Fortunately I have some great news to report. I did the fecal transplants / infusions every single day for about 5 weeks. At first I started to get a little better but then eventually started to get worse again, although …

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