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I am someone who's done Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT) from 9 different donors and am now working on a project to raise the quality and availability of FMT donors.
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MaximilianKohler10 karma
We're not offering a paid service. This is a completely volunteer project. The only people paying money are recipients paying the donors directly.
It seems everyone has misunderstood what this is.
taking random people's poop and putting it inside other random people
We are not doing this.
CarbonReflections42 karma
Sorry a bit off topic, but has anyone ever told you how much you look like The night stalker serial killer, Richard Ramirez ?
stickers-motivate-me17 karma
My husband has ulcerative colitis and we’ve been wondering about this for quite some time, but there’s so little information on it. Do you think this would help UC?
MaximilianKohler8 karma
There is a significant amount of evidence to suggest FMT would help UC: https://old.reddit.com/r/HumanMicrobiome/wiki/intro#wiki_ibd.3A
howsadley12 karma
Is there a lack of donated fecal material? Can donations be stored at hospitals (like blood) or is the donation a one-by-one matching process (like a kidney)?
MaximilianKohler11 karma
Is there a lack of donated fecal material?
There is a lack of high quality donors. Most clinical trials, stool banks, clinics, doctors, etc. are using low quality donors, and thus getting poor results, an in my opinion endangering patients.
Can donations be stored at hospitals (like blood)
Yes! It's kept frozen at -80c I believe. The VICE article/video covers the main stool bank in the US - OpenBiome.
There is some data to indicate that fresh is better than frozen though.
MaximilianKohler4 karma
See this list: https://old.reddit.com/r/HumanMicrobiome/wiki/intro
diarrheagram5 karma
I don't like pills. Can I receive the transfusion in liquid form instead?
MaximilianKohler6 karma
Yes, it can be done with liquid both via rectal and oral routes. Rectal-only may not be complete as it ignores most of the digestive system.
MaximilianKohler3 karma
You likely wouldn't get enough, and it highly depends on the health of the person who's ass you're eating.
emanesu651 karma
Shitty work but someones gotta do it.
So you're looking for quality not quantity (cuz I know a few people who might qualify)?
MaximilianKohler-1 karma
Unfortunately my health has been way too poor to be looking for potential suitors. But absolutely I would tell them :)
iamsethmeyers132 karma
Are you willing to accept the liability risks of taking random people's poop and putting it inside other random people, all without being a medical professional? How much does your service cost?
Do you plan on answering this question at all?
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