Autism symptoms were reduced by 45% two years after children with autism spectrum disorder received a fecal transplant.
Autism symptoms were reduced by 45% two years after children with autism spectrum disorder received a fecal transplant.
Many children with autism spectrum disorder have gut disturbances including a loss of diversity in bacteria in the gut including bifidobacteria and prevotella. Fecal transplant increased these beneficial bacteria and was even better two years after the procedure.
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Two years after treatment stopped the participants still had an average of a 58% reduction in GI symptoms and a 45% reduction in autism symptoms compared to baseline.
At the start of the study, 83% of participants were rated as having “severe” autism. At the end of the study, only 17% were rated as having “severe” autism.