Caught a decent batch of some kind of gastrointestinal bug during a recent trip to Indonesia. This is nothing too unusual and I normally just let such things clear themselves up but this particular case has dragged on a bit, so I visited a physician, who told me it probably meant that a bacterial infection has taken a good hold of the intestines and would need ABs.

He also gave me some carbon, saying that it would absorb toxins.

This was one of the rare occasions when the t-word was being used properly, apparently. Intestinal bacteria do manufacture according to Hoyle toxins.

But how good is the evidence that eating carbon will help this condition?

dv said:

Caught a decent batch of some kind of gastrointestinal bug during a recent trip to Indonesia. This is nothing too unusual and I normally just let such things clear themselves up but this particular case has dragged on a bit, so I visited a physician, who told me it probably meant that a bacterial infection has taken a good hold of the intestines and would need ABs.

He also gave me some carbon, saying that it would absorb toxins.

This was one of the rare occasions when the t-word was being used properly, apparently. Intestinal bacteria do manufacture according to Hoyle toxins.

But how good is the evidence that eating carbon will help this condition?

Seeehm ..it

Please tell us your disgusting symptoms.

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Life..

Don’t talk to me about life.

*runs away *

Minimal evidence, do not take the (I assume activated carbon) within two hours of taking antibiotic.

How does one activate carbon?
(Hope you’re well soon, deevs)

Divine Angel said:

How does one activate carbon?
(Hope you’re well soon, deevs)

Activated charcoal is charcoal that has been treated with oxygen to open up millions of tiny pores between the carbon atoms.

Divine Angel said:

How does one activate carbon?

Cook it.

GM BUGF.

Was just reading about Dr. Karl having Prosopagnosia; Looked it up. I’m sure I have a form of it.

http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-269-ACTIVATED%20CHARCOAL.aspx?activeIngredientId=269&activeIngredientName=ACTIVATED%20CHARCOAL

Rule 303 said:

Divine Angel said:

How does one activate carbon?

Cook it.

GM BUGF.

Was just reading about Dr. Karl having Prosopagnosia; Looked it up. I’m sure I have a form of it.

-So you’ll never remember my face?

Divine Angel said:

How does one activate carbon?

You take any normal form of carbon, such as charcoal made by heating coconut shells and you expose it to carbon dioxide or steam at high temperatures. One of the following two reactions happens.:

C + CO2 -> 2CO

C + H2O -> CO + H2

The carbon is selectively removed from alternate layers of the carbon structure, leaving layers of carbon atoms in hexagonal arrangement, as in graphite. So the final structure contains the original porosity plus the pores formed by the removal of the layers. The resultant surface area can be very large – at least 700 m2 per gram and upwards.

The carbon is said to be activated because that newly formed surface is capable of adsorbing molecules, in particular high molecular weight organic molecules. Just which organic molecules are adsorbed depends somewhat on the size distribution of the original pores in the carbon. Powdering the carbon increases the rate of adsorption too.

dv said:

Caught a decent batch of some kind of gastrointestinal bug during a recent trip to Indonesia. This is nothing too unusual and I normally just let such things clear themselves up but this particular case has dragged on a bit, so I visited a physician, who told me it probably meant that a bacterial infection has taken a good hold of the intestines and would need ABs.

He also gave me some carbon, saying that it would absorb toxins.

This was one of the rare occasions when the t-word was being used properly, apparently. Intestinal bacteria do manufacture according to Hoyle toxins.

But how good is the evidence that eating carbon will help this condition?

Question begged. Neither UpToDate nor PubMed have any information about it.

There is lots of material for the carbon to adsorb before it gets to said toxins. When taking activated charcoal for ODs, it’s not really worthwhile to use it more than an after after ingestion.

OCDC said:

dv said:

Caught a decent batch of some kind of gastrointestinal bug during a recent trip to Indonesia. This is nothing too unusual and I normally just let such things clear themselves up but this particular case has dragged on a bit, so I visited a physician, who told me it probably meant that a bacterial infection has taken a good hold of the intestines and would need ABs.

He also gave me some carbon, saying that it would absorb toxins.

This was one of the rare occasions when the t-word was being used properly, apparently. Intestinal bacteria do manufacture according to Hoyle toxins.

But how good is the evidence that eating carbon will help this condition?

Question begged. Neither UpToDate nor PubMed have any information about it.

There is lots of material for the carbon to adsorb before it gets to said toxins. When taking activated charcoal for ODs, it’s not really worthwhile to use it more than an after after ingestion.

Aborigines commonly eat charcoal from the fire after a cooked meal. Been doing so for thousands of years apparently.

PermeateFree said:

OCDC said:

dv said:

Caught a decent batch of some kind of gastrointestinal bug during a recent trip to Indonesia. This is nothing too unusual and I normally just let such things clear themselves up but this particular case has dragged on a bit, so I visited a physician, who told me it probably meant that a bacterial infection has taken a good hold of the intestines and would need ABs.

He also gave me some carbon, saying that it would absorb toxins.

This was one of the rare occasions when the t-word was being used properly, apparently. Intestinal bacteria do manufacture according to Hoyle toxins.

But how good is the evidence that eating carbon will help this condition?

Question begged. Neither UpToDate nor PubMed have any information about it.

There is lots of material for the carbon to adsorb before it gets to said toxins. When taking activated charcoal for ODs, it’s not really worthwhile to use it more than an after after ingestion.

Aborigines commonly eat charcoal from the fire after a cooked meal. Been doing so for thousands of years apparently.

Only in small quantities though?

yes I have dealth with this kind of GP before

you listen patiently to them and then tell you want some anti biotics to kill the problem in your stomach

I had some indian bird in a surgery telling me to drink some water to clear my stomach only 20 minutes after delivering a painful vomit that contracts every muscle from your jaw to your testicles

when you frame it to them properly they don’t argue

PermeateFree said:

OCDC said:

dv said:

Caught a decent batch of some kind of gastrointestinal bug during a recent trip to Indonesia. This is nothing too unusual and I normally just let such things clear themselves up but this particular case has dragged on a bit, so I visited a physician, who told me it probably meant that a bacterial infection has taken a good hold of the intestines and would need ABs.

He also gave me some carbon, saying that it would absorb toxins.

This was one of the rare occasions when the t-word was being used properly, apparently. Intestinal bacteria do manufacture according to Hoyle toxins.

But how good is the evidence that eating carbon will help this condition?

Question begged. Neither UpToDate nor PubMed have any information about it.

There is lots of material for the carbon to adsorb before it gets to said toxins. When taking activated charcoal for ODs, it’s not really worthwhile to use it more than an after after ingestion.

Aborigines commonly eat charcoal from the fire after a cooked meal. Been doing so for thousands of years apparently.

Well no wonder the pre-Cook (NPI) life expectancy was about 38.