Improve cognitive function by transplanting bacteria contained in healthy person's poop

byChisel Wright

Microorganisms present in the human intestine (intestinal bacteria)Relating to anxiety and depressionDoing it,To influence what to eatIt is known that it has great influence on our lives, including cases such as cases reported. Such intestinal bacteriaLet's use it for treatment of diseasesIn the midst of a move to be full-fledged, research results that "Improvement of cognitive function was seen by transplantation of intestinal bacteria" was reported.

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By transplanting intestinal bacteriaCure symptoms of diarrheaMany researchers are repeatedly experimenting about what kind of disease can be applied to intestinal bacteria, such as, Jasmohan Bajaj researcher at Virginia State UniversityLiver cirrhosisWhenHepatic encephalopathyFor 20 months, we regularly transplant intestinal bacteria cultured from healthy persons' flights over a period of 5 months, followed by follow - up surveys of patients over a period of one year.

Hepatic encephalopathy is a disease that causes liver function to deteriorate due to a disease such as cirrhosis of the liver, causes toxic substances typified by ammonia to accumulate in the body, cause disorientation of consciousness, language disorder, forgetfulness in change in thought or character. Approximately 40% of people who developed cirrhosis develop hepatic encephalopathy, but since the early symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy are similar to dementia, cases often misdiagnosed as dementia occur, The start of treatment may be delayed.

Some patients who received transplantation of intestinal bacteria seemed to have died as a result of undergoing liver transplant surgery during the year, but the health condition of patients and the frequency of hospitalization are affected by intestinal bacterial It seems that it has been confirmed that the improvement is obviously improved compared with the case where it is not transplanted. In addition, 10 out of 20 patients improved cognitive function.

byRick Turoczy

Mr. Bajaj says, "We need to do research on a larger group," he says that transplantation of intestinal bacteria will be a promising treatment for hepatic encephalopathy in the future. Damage accumulated in the brain due to hepatic encephalopathy may progress to an irreversible state, and if it is too late, there may be death from coma. In this study, healthy intestinal bacteria propagate in the intestines of the patient, thereby restoring the function of removing toxic bacteria that should be eliminated as a result, resulting in a decrease in toxin which progresses hepatic encephalopathy It is thought that beneficial effects have been given to patients.