Fecal Microbiota Transplant to treat Clostridium Difficile PSA
Here is a Public Service Announcement I recorded at the conclusion of a TV interview awhile back to encourage awareness of Fecal Transplants to treat Clostridium Difficile Bacteria. “Hi I’m Michael Hurst, I used fecal transplants to treat and cure myself of Ulcerative Colitis. However I want to briefly talk about another condition that […]
Another success story for fecal transplants for Ulcerative Colitis
Here is yet another success story. Notice that making sure the content from the fecal transplant enema getting all the way through all parts of the large intestine is key. While I can’t say for sure if doing more than one enema a day is necessary, I think it underscores the willingness of those who […]
Fecal Transplants: How to do it yourself video
In this video I demonstrate step by step do it yourself fecal transplants. Fecal transplants also known as fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) are highly effective for treating Pseudomembraneous Colitis caused by Clostridium Difficile (c. diff.) bacteria with a nearly 100% success rate. They can also be used to successfully treat chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Ulcerative […]
Can poop pills treat Clostridium Difficile and candida?
Hello Michael, I have had candida for ten years after an appendix op rendering septicemia and living with an open wound for 8 months. Recently a leg ulcer that got seriously infected with strep b and then pseudomonas antibiotics for over a month lead to C Diff that is recurring not responding to Flagyl antibiotic […]
Fecal Transplants frozen just as successful as fresh
Here is some good news for people who don’t have a donor close to where they live. A pilot study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators may lead to greater availability and acceptability of an unusual treatment for a serious medical problem – use of fecal material from healthy donors to treat recurrent diarrhea caused […]
Q & A: How are you doing two years after doing fecal transplants for Ulcerative Colitis
Here is another response to one of my readers who contacted me through the website. Hi Michael, I’m very inspired by your story and check in on your website frequently. My 14 yo DD has an auto-immune disorder which has no known cause or cure according to her doctors. Her functional tests indicate sibo, gut dysbiosis, leaky […]
Fecal Transplant Advice: Is my daughter a suitable donor for treating my eosinophillic colitis
Here is a long discussion with several messages back and forth ` Hi Michael, I am wanting to ask if you think my daughter (aged 5 years old) would be a suitable donor for me? I know that you have written about this in your book, and suggest that she might be too young to […]
Fecal Transplant Bank Has Opened
This comes from Jezebell. The Nation’s First Poop Transplant Bank Has Opened Openbiome is the non-profit organization which is organizing this donor bank. While this article makes light of fecal transplants as “poop transplants, it gives a good brief description of fecal transplants and its benefits for saving people from c. diff for the lay person and […]
Frozen stool for FMT: Is it safe and effective?
Here is another letter to me about Hi, I saved some stool samples (prepped fecal slurry) prior to antibiotic use for an autologous/self fecal transplantation. The samples have been frozen at -20 (home deep freezer) for just over 3 months time. I would still like to utilize them, but have not been able to find […]
What supplements and medications to use with FMT?
Hi Michael, My name is (withheld for privacy) and you spoke with my mom around 3 months ago about using Fecal Transplants as a treatment for UC. I was diagnosed with UC about 8 years ago (when I was a senior in high school). After my diagnosis, I went into remission for roughly 4 years with Pentasa, but […]