Poop Pill Therapy is a thing | Make Science Fun

3,338 views · Published 13 November 2014 · 6:06 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: Make Science Fun · 2014 · Education

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How do poop pills work? What are poop pills?

Yes, Poop Therapy.
Clostridium difficile (A bacterium) causes a quarter million hospitalizations and kills about 14,000 people a year. These severe-diarrhea-causing bacteria resist treatment in many patients, and the rest of the time, the antibiotics kill off normal gut microbes that help keep pathologic (Disease causing) species in check. Doctors have increasingly turned to a procedure called “fecal microbiotia transplantation” (FMT), which delivers fresh fecal material to help restore the normal balance of beneficial microbes. As this can be somewhat messy and uncomfortable..Researches have found that freezing healthy poop and making it into a pill also works to deliver good bacteria to the intestines!

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