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hi, ive had ME/CFS for 2 years, v. severe ME/CFS since 2023, various GI problems (IBS-C, reflux, gastritis, histamine intolerance) and lifelong gut dysbiosis. I’m considering trying the FMT route. It’s very pricey and would require travel which could cause me to deteriorate further. Idk if it’s...

Microbiologist Lauren Petersen was a keen amateur endurance cyclist. But having contracted Lyme disease when she was 11, and having been given heavy rounds of antibiotics as a treatment, she felt her gut was forever after short on beneficial microbes. So she decided to give herself a fecal...

Prof Thomas Borody, at the Centre for Digestive Diseases in Australia, is now claiming in a new study that his faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can place Crohn’s disease into prolonged remission (an average of 8 years remission and counting). See this article: Scientists claim to have...

Dear All, Anyone in the UK who is interested in FMT, I am considering supporting this site and running some Facebook campaigns to find FMT donors for DIY. https://microbioma.org/en/donate/ I spoke the NA admin, and they have had success in gathering donors. UK they have none so far. They...

Obesity is linked to higher intestinal levels of certain Firmicutes bacteria in relation to Bacteroidetes bacteria. Overweight individuals tend have more Firmicutes bacteria in their gut, whereas normal weight individuals tend have more Bacteroidetes bacteria. Ref: 1 This perhaps suggests the...

There is tremendous support for FMT being close to a panacea with the major caveat being that the donor is in perfect health, with an unperturbed, disease-resistant, curative gut microbiome. It's currently looking like fewer than 0.4% of the population qualifies: I've done DIY FMTs from 9...