Faeces fed to gran to fight superbug


	Faeces fed to gran to fight superbug

cpltaiji

11-27-2007 9:11 PM

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11-27-2007 10:36 PM

hudgal1

Ick. I don't know about you guys...tube directly to the stomach or not....

11-27-2007 10:37 PM

skwirlinator

Shit eaters!

11-28-2007 3:57 AM

michellezm

I'd rather die!

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But when grandmother Ethel McEwan, 83, contracted the potentially fatal Clostridium Difficile, doctors used the unpleasant technique to fight bacteria.
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The proceedure is known as a 'faecal transplant' and doctors used her daughter's faeces. They liquidised them before feeding them directly into her stomach through a tube.
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The treatment restores bacteria to manageable levels.
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'It's not like they put it on a plate and have you eat it,' a recovered Ms McEwan added.
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