Christian John Lillis, of the Peggy Lillis Foundation, sent this text to me yesterday:
At a talk by Bruce Hirsch on FMT and he just said, referring to antibiotics, “What happens in the gut doesn’t stay in the gut.” I thought that was well put.
– Christian John Lillis on 3/9/2016 Well put indeed! Dr Hirsch succinctly summed up, in one short sentence, antibiotics’ huge, deleterious impact on the probiotic bacteria living in our gut microbes … and from there to the rest of the body. Wreck your gut microbiome and you’re wrecking your health. Bruce E. Hirsch, MD Specialist in Infectious Disease & Geriatric Medicine
If you wish to read more about Dr Hirsch and fecal-derived microbiota transfers (FMT) for recurring Clostridium difficile infections, see: After Antibiotics, the Feces Pill Remains (Khazan, 2013) and Effectiveness of fecal-derived microbiota transfer using orally administered capsules for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (Hirsch et al, 2015).
About the Peggy Lillis Foundation:
The mission of the Peggy Lillis Foundation is to build a nationwide clostridium difficile awareness movement by educating the public, empowering advocates, and shaping policy. The PLF envisions a world where C. diff is rare, treatable and survivable. What is Clostridium difficile infection? “Clostridium difficile [pronounced Klo-STRID-ee-um dif-uh-SEEL], also known as “C. diff” [See-dif], is a germ that can cause diarrhea. Most cases of C. diff infection occur in patients taking antibiotics. The most common symptoms of a C. diff infection include:
Watery diarrhea
Fever
Loss of appetite
Nausea
Belly pain and tenderness “
– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015
REFERENCES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015). Clostridium difficile Infection Information for Patients. See: http://www.cdc.gov/hai/organisms/cdiff/Cdiff-patient.html Hirsch et al. (2015). Effectiveness of fecal-derived microbiota transfer using orally administered capsules for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. BMC Infectious Diseases, 15:191. See: http://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-015-0930-z Khazan, O. (2013). After Antibiotics, the Feces Pill Remains. The Atlantic. See: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/after-antibiotics-the-feces-pill-remains/281925/ Lillis, C.J. (3/9/2016). Personal communication. Peggy Lillis Foundation. (2016). See: http://peggyfoundation.org © Copyright 2016. Joan Rothchild Hardin. All Rights Reserved.
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