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I've been told (by someone who has had C. diff and dealt with a number of gastro issues) that it can take up to 7 years for your gut to stabilize after simply t
by berdon 7y ago
I've been told (by someone who has had C. diff and dealt with a number of gastro issues) that it can take up to 7 years for your gut to stabilize after simply taking antibiotics.
With that being said, some googling just now to make sure I'm not just spouting nonsense hasn't turned up a 7 year figure. But it has returned a bunch of articles pointing to studies that suggest it takes a long time. [1] says after 10 months there's still a disturbance.
[1] https://health.howstuffworks.com/medicine/medication/long-does-it-take-gut-flora-to-recover-from-antibiotics.htm https://health.howstuffworks.com/medicine/medication/long-do...
- akozak 7y agoI recall reading some news recently about studies of the microbiome in immigrants that suggest it can be a relatively quick shift. e.g. see: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/11/how-immigration-affects-microbiome/574585/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/11/how-immig...
- zmmmmm 7y agoI have seen fairly convincing evidence presented quite recently that for the vast majority of people it may take months but after that period the intestinal microbiome is nearly indistinguishable from how it was before administering antibiotics.