Does this sound a bit "nonsense" at first, but before Singapore's "fecal bank" was established, as early as 20 12, the United States established an "fecal bank"-Open Biome. They are responsible for collecting and testing feces and providing fecal samples for fecal microflora transplantation in the US 122 hospital. Of course, the workflow of feces collection is very complicated. First of all, donors should be healthy and should not take antibiotics within 3 months before donation. Secondly, feces and blood should be detected and analyzed to ensure that the intestinal mucosa has the required conditions, and then preserved by escrow technology. If the donation is successful, the donor will receive another $40. Of course, this money is not easy to get. The survey results show that the "acceptance rate" of OpenBiome's donation is 2.8%, which is really one in a hundred.
So what is the use principle of this donated feces?
According to experts, the principle of donating feces is actually the same as bone marrow transplantation and liver transplantation, that is, transplanting a healthy person's organ into a patient's body, and then alleviating the patient's physical illness to a certain extent. However, this transplant is not an organ, but an internal environment. The doctor will specially treat the donated feces, extract the healthy flora from it, and then implant it into the patient's intestine. Usually, the flora of patients with intestinal diseases is very disordered. If a complete healthy flora can be implanted, the balance can be rebuilt.
The actual use of feces has a good medical effect. A randomized controlled clinical study found that fecal transplantation is very effective in the treatment of patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, with an effective rate of 80% to 90%, which is more effective than traditional treatment. Fecal transplantation can also be used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and Crohn's disease, and it also has potential value.
However, although this method of fecal transplantation is good, it has been said before that the cost of finding a suitable fecal donor is too high for many people to afford. At this time, people want to store feces when their physical condition is relatively healthy, and then transplant them back when their physical condition has problems. This is also the reason why Singapore established the first fecal bank.
The emergence of fecal bank can be said to be the process of turning waste into treasure by the human body itself. If it is really effective, it is worth popularizing. The only problem now is that the storage cost of this excrement is still relatively high. For example, before 10, the owner of this bank in Singapore had to pay 5,500 US dollars (about 37,000 RMB).
Having said that, I have a feeling of being suddenly enlightened. In fact, there is nothing magical about this way. China already has it. For example, when I was young, old people often said that "children's urine" could cure all diseases, and it should be the same as this. Our human bodies are really amazing.