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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:52 PM Original message |
Internet "Doctors" Gone Wild: The Fecal Transplant |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've heard of this -- it does succeed |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. At what? |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. pseudomembranous colitis |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Uh huh. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Mommy and Daddy report improvements in behavior because they WANT to see improvement... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Yes, it has had limited reported success. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. And, uh, it serves no purpose as a proposed treatment for autism. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Oh absolutely right - for autism it's patently absurd. :) |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. As an idea it sounds full of shit. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I'm beginning to think that Autism is called by parents who believe in woo-woo snake oil. n/t |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. First death of a small child from this 'treatment' in about a week |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. I almost lost my entire colon to UC when I was 11. Luckily in my case steroids |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. This is about an internet "doctor" (read some individual) pushing it as a cure for autism. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yes, in terms of Autism I would have to agree there. :^) |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. I wouldn't knock its potential ... |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. I have had patients that have had fecal transplants--not for autism, but C-Diff. It is very effectiv |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. Why don't they just isolate and culture the right bacteria? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Probably because invasive procedures like this as a "cure" for autism exist to fatten wallets. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Well, there is the matter of a lack of plausibility. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. Oh for fuck's sake. I am sick of all these quacks trying to "cure" me with BS. |
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