Many Doctors have been using things such as poop pills and cockroach brains to rid people of harmful bacteria. I know you are probaly thinking “eww why would they give people poop pills and roach brains.” Suprisingly these strange, but effective methods are saving peoples lives. The article “Cockroaches could be good medicine” stated that roach brains have chemical compunds that can kill E.Colli and MRSA two harmful bacteria. E.coli can be found in food and drinks. E.coli causes vomiting, diarrhea, repiratory problems and pneumonia. MRSA stands for Methicillin Resistant Stapy Lococcus Aureus, which means that it can’t be killed by antibiotics like penicillin or amoxicillin. Causes of MRSA are skin infections. Since MRSA is so hard for doctors to treat it ground up cockroach brains could help alot of people.…show more content… diff. Most paitents have extreme diarrhea which is why doctors invented the poop pill. The poop pill is a small brownish capsule. Doctors have recently discovered that a fecal transplant will restore good gut bacteria that banishes the C. diff. The article “Frozen Poop Pills Fight Life-Threatning Infetions” stated that First they tried delivering the fecal transplant through a tube snaked down the nose and into the stomach. This is a long and complicated procedure.
Opposing sides say that the possibility that unknown infectious agents could be transmitted this way. Infectious agents are things such as bacterium, virus, fungus, and protozoan. Doctors are seeing the positive results, but there is also some uncertainty. One doctor stated that, "We screen these people to be as healthy as we can determine in 2014, but who knows?" This statement is saying that the people they screen are said to be healthy but they don’t really know for
