Incidental Benefits After Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Ulcerative Colitis

April 2020 in “ Intestinal Research ”

Ramit Mahajan, Vandana Midha, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Mehta, Yogesh Kumar Gupta, Kirandeep Kaur, Ritu Sudhakar, Anmol Singh Pannu, Dharmatma Singh, Ajit Sood

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TLDR FMT for ulcerative colitis may also help with weight loss, hair loss, arthritis, and allergies.

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) was used for inducing and maintaining remission in patients with moderate to severe active ulcerative colitis (UC). In four reported cases, patients experienced incidental benefits from FMT, including weight loss, improvement in hair loss, amelioration of axial arthritis, and improvement in allergic rhinitis. These findings suggested that FMT might have potential clinical applications in treating extraintestinal diseases associated with gut dysbiosis.

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