Mars gas question ^^

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Odezy

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Ok, humans get "Gas" in they're stomachs from bacteria so if we made it along to mars would it be safe to say humans wouldnt have gas anymore. If Mars is a dead world? Or would we just bring it along and keep passing it on to our lil martians?
 
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CalliArcale

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Gas in our stomachs come from many sources, not just bacteria. But yes, there are bacteria which live in the human gut -- these are usually referred to technically as "fecal flora" or "intestinal flora", because doctors get grossed out too and sometimes technical words make it easier. <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> There's an entire ecology in your digestive tract. Kinda weird, huh?<br /><br />If we go to Mars, we will definintely bring bacteria along with us. We really don't have much choice in the matter. Techniques which would kill all the bacteria would also kill us. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>
 
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astrophoto

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So basically our internal bacteria are self-sustaining and we never need worry about external replenishment ? I know their food source is the same as our own, and that they reproduce, so I guess it's a closed system.
 
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astrophoto

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Oh I know they are a good thing - my question was - if we were to enter an environment where there are no new bacteria to replenish the dead ones or ones killed off due to necessary medications - there may be no sources of replenishment. Has anyone studied what a human system would be like -without- all the bugs in us? Are we functional?
 
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vogon13

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I'm not trying to gross you out, but I suspect as long as there are at least a few other people around, you will not have a problem with this. You will all be in 'microbial equilibrium' so to speak, and if your system gets too far off the normal distribution of the bugs, a momentary(or not so momentary) lapse in hygiene will get things back on track.<br /><br />Presumably the SDC langauge software won't choke on this. I'm getting a little queasy thinking about this. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>
 
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astrophoto

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It would probably be necessary to keep candida and other yeast in balance. Wonder if any studies have been done on this.
 
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silylene old

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<font color="yellow">Yeah, we got bugs in our eye lashes. </font><br /><br />Known as <i> demodex folliculorum </i>. As many as 25 demodicids can be found to aggregate around each hair root. In rare cases, these follicle mites sometimes cause irritation, infection and permanent loss of eyelashes.<br /><br />for example:<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>
 
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thechemist

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Silylene,<br />you scared the hell out of me <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>I feel better than James Brown.</em> </div>
 
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centsworth_II

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Did you hear the one about the Doctor who performed STOOL TRANSPLANTS to reintroduce healthy bowel flora (bacteria) into patients. Its TRUE!!!<br /><br />His name is Dr. Aas. I'm not kidding! See for yourself. <br /><br />Sometimes a patient must be treated with powerful antibiotics to eliminate infection by a resistant bacteria. In the process, much of the normal bowel flora is also eliminated and Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), a bacteria which may normaly be present in the bowel, but in relatively small numbers, takes over. This bacteria puts out toxins which eat away at the bowel wall and can cause death. This is a specific situation that is confronted almost daily in almost every hospital by my estimation. So here is a situation that shows how important healthy bowel flora can be. To the point of being transplanted from one person to another in an attempt to cure a potentially deadly disease! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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robnissen

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"His name is Dr. Aas. I'm not kidding! See for yourself."<br /><br />That is TOO much. You know, he had two co-researchers, if he wanted to be taken seriously, maybe he should have listed his co-researchers first.
 
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centsworth_II

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<i> "...if he wanted to be taken seriously, maybe he should have listed his co-researchers first."</i><br /><br />I'm sure he is taken seriously among his peers. And he <i>is</i> the lead researcher. He would need a very good sense of humor though. I can't begin to imagine the number of times he's had to say "Good one, I never heard that one before."<br /><br />Can you imagine the bedside conversation he has with his patients? "You're going to put WHAT down my throat?!?"<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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astrophoto

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Yes but Dr Leftcheek and Dr. Rightcheek would not have been much better.
 
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najab

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><i>Can you imagine the bedside conversation he has with his patients? "You're going to put WHAT down my throat?!?" </i><p>Eeewww...I was thinking it went in the other way!</p>
 
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