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Old 10-31-2015, 02:14 AM
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Faecal transplants work well for Clostridium difficile infection (about 85-90% effective).

They have been trialled for some neurological issues, including multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease but so far the evidence is inconclusive.

As far as I know they have not been tried for peripheral neuropathy. There is nothing in PubMed which suggests a link between the kinds of bacteria which normally live in the gut (the "gut microbiome") and peripheral neuropathy.
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