I just wanted to share some info: as more research comes out, I am now pretty convinced that Covid was a major contributor to me getting C Diff, and not being able to fight it off, and why FMT was the only thing that worked. Not only is the virus associated with vascular and immune damage, gut inflammation and breakdown of the intestinal epithelium, it depletes ‘good’ gut bacteria:
https://covid19.nih.gov/news-and-storie ... microbiome
‘In a study supported by several NIH institutes, researchers found that COVID-19 harms the gut microbiome.’
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37265376/
‘Gut dysbiosis was evident in COVID-19, and available data suggested that dysbiosis persisted even in recovered COVID-19 patients, with decreased Firmicutes and SCFA-producing bacteria.’
A damn good reason to keep trying to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2!
Covid and the Gut Microbiome
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Covid and the Gut Microbiome
Contracted C Diff from a round of Flucloxacillin, November 2020.
Metronidazole - Metronidazole - Dificid - Dificid - Vancomycin - Upper GI FMT - Vancomycin - Vancomycin - Lower GI FMT
Metronidazole - Metronidazole - Dificid - Dificid - Vancomycin - Upper GI FMT - Vancomycin - Vancomycin - Lower GI FMT
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Re: Covid and the Gut Microbiome
Good information. Thanks for sharing!
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