GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT!
GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT!
Odds are that you know someone who has been devastated by a Clostridium Difficile (a.k.a. “C. diff”) infection. This opportunistic and sometimes life-threatening bacteria loves to cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, and fever in immunocompromised and hospitalized patients, but over the last several years has gained footholds in the healthy community population.
Check out this article about the surprising treatment option that REALLY WORKS for challenging recurrent cases – FECAL TRANSPLANT (a.k.a. harvesting stool for a healthy donor and instilling it into the ill individual’s colon, most frequently during a colonoscopy).
Thankfully this doesn’t come up often, but the complex role that the gut microbiome (the trillions of microorganisms that reside in our gut and play a role in metabolism, mood, gut health, and colon cancer risk) is sure to impact your wellness in some way.
Please call 224.407.4400 or visit compgihealth.com to schedule an appointment and we can share all that we currently know about how to best care for YOUR gut microbiome!