15 January, 2006
Probiotic enemas:
Professor Thomas Borody of the Centre for Digestive Diseases in Five Dock here in Sydney, has patented the use of probiotics in enema format. He has used a probiotic preparation to infuse patients' bowels by the rectal route and has had significant success. Having tried it myself I too found that it gives results that are significantly ahead of those achieved by the oral route. Others have reported the same, positive outcome. A simple device consisting of a 20cc syringe and a piece of silicone tubing suffices as a delivery device. This route has the advantage of bypassing debilitating gastric juices and would presumably also bypass food sensitivity sites in the upper gastro-intestinal tract. This may mean that individuals who are sensitive to ingredients such as the Hi-maize or milk may be able to gain considerable advantage from the probiotics.
Professor Thomas Borody of the Centre for Digestive Diseases in Five Dock here in Sydney, has patented the use of probiotics in enema format. He has used a probiotic preparation to infuse patients' bowels by the rectal route and has had significant success. Having tried it myself I too found that it gives results that are significantly ahead of those achieved by the oral route. Others have reported the same, positive outcome. A simple device consisting of a 20cc syringe and a piece of silicone tubing suffices as a delivery device. This route has the advantage of bypassing debilitating gastric juices and would presumably also bypass food sensitivity sites in the upper gastro-intestinal tract. This may mean that individuals who are sensitive to ingredients such as the Hi-maize or milk may be able to gain considerable advantage from the probiotics.
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Kevin, you make a good point. I see probiotic enemas as an adjunct to conventional oral ingestion. If a patient uses both simultaneously, that should cover all the angles. Regarding the depth of the infusion needed, I used a syringe with a piece of silicon tubing which I inserted a few inches into my rectum. I must admit that it is a bit hard to be accurate about the distance because I don't have eyes in that area of my anatomy! However, the results, in terms of faecal form, etc., were quite encouraging. What surprised me was that 20ml dissappeared without a trace so it seems to be absorbed quite well!
Kevin,
The effect (from the point of view of noticeable symptoms) of a dose, either orally or rectally, declines fairly rapidly. Although we know that our bugs are still detectable for weeks after an oral dose, it doesn’t take much of a drop to affect symptoms adversely. I get the feeling that the threshold of numbers required to give noticeable outcomes is perilously close to the dose that we are administering, which is why other products don’t seem to work. I notice a significant difference between a dose of 5 billion and a dose of 30 billion with our ingredients in oral form, though both work. The same happened with the enema: Within a day or so the effect had dropped. It is difficult to say whether it had dropped below any detectable limit (from the point of view of symptoms) because I continued to take the product orally. All I can really say is that the day after taking the enema the first movement was superior to other days before or after.
John
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The effect (from the point of view of noticeable symptoms) of a dose, either orally or rectally, declines fairly rapidly. Although we know that our bugs are still detectable for weeks after an oral dose, it doesn’t take much of a drop to affect symptoms adversely. I get the feeling that the threshold of numbers required to give noticeable outcomes is perilously close to the dose that we are administering, which is why other products don’t seem to work. I notice a significant difference between a dose of 5 billion and a dose of 30 billion with our ingredients in oral form, though both work. The same happened with the enema: Within a day or so the effect had dropped. It is difficult to say whether it had dropped below any detectable limit (from the point of view of symptoms) because I continued to take the product orally. All I can really say is that the day after taking the enema the first movement was superior to other days before or after.
John
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