"Please, can we have your poop?"
Posted on 04/06/2024 8:12:45 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease that affects millions worldwide. Now, a groundbreaking clinical study has demonstrated the potential of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to improve symptoms in patients with PD.
Motoric symptoms, such as balance problems, stiffness, and the characteristic tremor, are the best known and almost always the reason for the eventual diagnosis. However, non-motor symptoms, such as loss of smell, constipation, and REM sleep disturbances, often develop up to 20 years before diagnosis in a large number of people with the disease.
In Parkinson's disease, a protein called alpha-synuclein misfolds and clumps together. Those clumps then damage dopamine-producing nerve cells in the brain, which leads to the typical Parkinson's symptoms.
The protein clumps are believed to be formed in the gut wall at a very early stage of the disease, from which they reach the brain cells via the vagus nerve, which connects the gut and the brain. This process can be influenced by gut bacteria.
Patients with Parkinson's often have an altered gut microbiome compared to healthy individuals and they often show more (intestinal) inflammation and a disrupted intestinal barrier.
The clinical study showed after 12 months, the actively treated group showed significantly more improvement in motor symptoms compared to the placebo group.
"Our results are really encouraging!" says Dr. Arnout Bruggeman. "After twelve months, participants who received the healthy donor stool transplant showed a significant improvement in their motor score, the most important measure for Parkinson's symptoms."
The improvement in motor symptoms became even more pronounced between the sixth and twelfth month after the transplant, suggesting a potential long-lasting effect. Additionally, participants had less from constipation, a frequent and bothersome symptom for many people with Parkinson's disease. More research is needed to determine whether this treatment also slows the progression of the disease.
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My wife says Im not eligible for a fecal transplant, Im already full.
Gut bacteria have Bern known to be helpful for a long long time.
THE MAKING OF A SURGEON 1964
He gave me a load of shit...
"Please, can we have your poop?"
Three people with MS were also healed by fecal transplants. Shhh. Big pharma keeps that buried.
Ask me if I know Pancho Villa...
Too late, a good friend of mine died a couple of months ago due to complications of Parkinson’s, and two more went before him, one of them was my best friend of many years. It’s a nasty disease.
I have a brother-in-law with Parkinson’s. I’ll have to let him know about this.
He’s using a walker at present. I wonder if there is a “point of no return” when this therapy won’t work…
You can take one of these wherever you go, no need for a transplant!
https://farmandranchdepot.com/Milking_Stools/
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That’s a BIG STOOL!.....................
I think I read they sterilize the poop, freeze-dry it, and put it in a capsule to swallow.
They do not sterilize it, at all.
That’s why it works. The good germs come over.
Thanks, bad memory so I might be remembering wrong.
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