How would you like to go to the hospital for an appendectomy, leave the procedure healthy, but wake up with explosive, vile-smelling, persistent diarrhea that causes debilitating dehydration and hospitalization? As prevalence of pseudomembranous colitis (C. dif) has been on the rise, the scramble to come up with an effective treatment that not only cures C. dif, but prevents the recurrent attacks is a hot topic in medicine. Although this sounds frightening, fecal transplants are a revolutionary medical advancement that can save the lives of those suffering from recurring attacks of C. dif. This presentation explores that treatment procedure.
