Faecal Microbiota Transplant | Poop Transplant | Stool Transplant | IPPM | My Experience with Other People’s Poop!

For those just wanting details of where I went for the poop transplant, the IPPM clinic details can be found by scrolling all the way down.

In a nutshell: I have suffered well over a decade of abdominal pains, but only at night. Undoubtedly caused by a chronic herpes infection affecting the nerve that governs the gut. I had it under control and was doing well. Then, in April 2020, I got COVID, and it messed me up completely for 15 months (“long COVID”), and despite recovering from COVID, my gut issues never settled down.

During this time, I discovered by chance that the antihistamine and over-the-counter “sleeping medication” diphenhydramine (sold in the UK as Nytol and in the USA as Benadryl) eliminated the gut problem completely as long as I kept taking it. But long-term consumption of diphenhydramine is really bad and is connected to all sorts of neurological disorders.

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Cumulative Use of Strong Anticholinergics and Incident Dementia.
A Prospective Cohort Study

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In researching why this should eliminate my abdominal pain, I learned about mast cell activation.

Have you been told you have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), either IBS-C (constipation) or IBS-D (the messier version)?

Then there are three words you want to start Googling in a frenzy. MAST CELL ACTIVATION

Here’s a quick summary of mast cells for you:

1. You got them everywhere in the body.
2. They are the cells that contain all that lovely histamine that will make you itch like hell when triggered by a triggering thing.
3. Antihistamines inhibit these cells from releasing their histamine.
4. You got a shit-load of them in your intestines.
5. Many foods will trigger them, especially fermented foods and foods high in nitrites (sausages, burgers, and fish that aren’t fresh—basically anything that comes out of a tin or is preserved or processed in some way).
6. This in turn causes neurogenic inflammation, visceral hypersensitivity, and impaired peristalsis.

I’ve lost count of how many healthcare professionals I’ve seen, and literally no one ever mentioned this. I was just told to destress and take antidepressants, go away, and stop being annoying by being so persistently symptomatic.

Let me translate that line 6 for you.
Histamine reactions in the gut cause nerve swelling, sensitivity, and lack of muscular function in the intestines. AKA: painful bloating and painful constipation.

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The relationship between mucosal inflammatory cells, specific symptoms, and psychological functioning in youth with irritable bowel syndrome

Meenal Singh, Vivekanand Singh, Jennifer V. Schurman, Jennifer M. Colombo & Craig A. Friesen.

…Mast cells have been highly implicated in IBS pathogenesis in both IBS-C and IBS-D. IBS has been associated with an increase in the density of degranulating mast cells, while the density of mast cells in close proximity to enteric nerves correlates with abdominal pain severity…

More: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-68961-9

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So, I began googling and googling. I was already aware of poop transplants and the role of the gut microbiota.

Do this later: Type the following words into Google and start studying:
Mast cell IBS fecal microbiota transplantation

Luckily, they don’t actually transplant the poop, but instead it’s just the cultures taken from the poop. So it’s all proper medical and everything.

There are several delivery methods – basically, you either swallow capsules containing the “ingredients”, or you get a small hosepipe up the butt and it is squirted in.

Typically the poop cultures are taken from 10 different healthy and fully screened donors (the screening is extensive, lengthy, and very thorough).

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Arrival in Slovakia

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Bowel prep the day before the first FMT implantation

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First Implantation Completed

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Second Implantation Completed

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What’s that Smell???? The third implantation completed

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Day 4: Fecal Microbiota Implantation – more Q&A

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Infection Response – Not too well after day 5

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Day 6 – Huge Improvement and Problems with “The FMT Community”

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Days 7 and 8 – Discombobulation and mast cell activation

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Implant 9 completed. Doing GREAT!

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All poop implants finished! I can go home.

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Top Tips for your poop transplant at IPPM.

Accommodation:

1. Choose accommodation that is close to the clinic.
2. You might not want to walk much after implants.
3. There is a Lidl opposite.
4. Bring earplugs.
5. Town centre is ~20 minutes away.
6. Bring entertainment.
7. Bring laundry detergent.
8. The big Tesco has an excellent pharmacy.
9. ENGLISH PEOPLE: Bring your own tea bags.

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The IPPM Clinic – The Institute of Predictive and Personalized Medicine

Odbojárov 300/4, 955 01, Tovarníky (Topoľčany), Slovakia.

Tel: +421 911 212 838

Website:

https://www.ippmclinic.com/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/ippm.sk/

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The comments section is open below. Please share your experiences there.

Please note:

1. I cannot advise you if this treatment will work for you.
2. I cannot help plan your travel.
3. Please don’t ask if it helped — that has already been answered.