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I have c diff
I have recently been diagnosed with c diff. I am currently on vancomycin 125mg four times a day. I have been bleeding for over 2 months now regularly with no solid movements whatsoever. I have urgency in the mornings and have to run to the bathroom only to be issues of blood and coffee ground feces, nothing ever solid. I just had a colonoscopy last Monday if showed diverticulum in the transverse colon and inflammation in the sigmoid colon in four different places. my question is when will I get better?? I have been dealing with this for a long time and it is debilitating. Will the vancomycin give me solid movements and will it stop the blood issues?? I just need to talk to someone who can identify with what I have. I have to call my gastro at the end of the week to let her know how I am doing. if I still have this what will be the next step?? Also, has anyone else with c diff smell an odor on themselves and when they go?? does c diff have a distinctive odor?
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I had cdiff toxin b in November. 10 days Vanco. My symptoms were a little weird as I only had intermittent nausea, stomach pain under my sternum and some lose stools with rich food or dairy. I did end up with mucus in stool and some blood back in November and it was then I went to GI and they did stool test. This was after visiting primary 3 times over the summer with these vague intermittent symptoms of nausea and stomach ache and random diarrhea. Anyway, the gi told me I can have nausea and stomach ache for months post cdiff. My stools went back to normal right away in Vanco. I have had colonoscopy and endoscopy and they were normal. Headed to a fun filled barium ct now just to make sure there is nothing else going on. The gi has not tested me again for toxin and that I don’t get. I stick to very bland food. No dairy. Probiotics both supplement and in Forager dairy free yogurt.
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I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS FOUND SOMETHING TO HELP CDIFF PAIN. I HAVE TRIED, TYLENOL AND MORTIN, MORPHINE, BENTYL, ARTHRITIS TYLENOL.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO FOUND SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST TAKES THE EDGE OFF OF THIS TWISTING LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN PAIN. THANK YOU
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2 ReactionsBentyl helped me. It works really good. It's for prescription only. Are you going to get the cure? How long and many times have you had it? I am in the hospital at this very moment with my 3rd infection. They are supposed to set me up for the cure treatment. There is a new treatment call Vowst. I went to there website and am waiting on a call tomorrow. Hope Bentyl works for you.
I have had my 2nd relapse of C-Diff and live in constant apprehension now. It's terrible to live this way. I'm so grateful to have come upon all of you this morning. It's pretty lonely out here. I completely empathize.
I had surgery 6 weeks ago was put on clindamycin for preventative purposes, 2 weeks later got cdiff, on vancomycin for 10 days, 125mg 4x/day..symptoms were better after 2nd day..having only 1 formed bowel movement a day.I finished antibiotics today
But yesterday had 2 formed bowel movements. Is this a sign cdiff is coming back? I'm also taking floradtor 2x day,500 mg total..eating yogurt..
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May ask for repeating the
Bacteria culture test.
One more thing when I asked my family doctor who treat also wounds- she said if you have this bacteria your stool has terrible odor.
You mean Florastor? You case is similar to mine. I too was put on Vancomycin. I got C-diff from 10 days of Amoxicillin that the dentist gave me and I ended up in the hospital for a week. Wait and see and be sure to disinfect everything, people sometimes reinfect themselves
I was under the impression that formed stools are not a problem. My gastro doc told me one of the danger signs of recurrent c diff infection is loose stools/diarrhea (3 or more per day).