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What do people with bile duct cancer die from in the end stages?
Liver Cancer | Last Active: Sep 15 9:41am | Replies (3)Comment receiving replies
I believe clostridium difficile is a complication of “being in the hospital”. Some people get it in the hospital and make it out alive, others don’t survive it. I have had three older family members who went in for something else, got clostridium difficile, and passed soon after. Hospitals are not clean enough, they are understaffed, and the infection gets carelessly passed around and kills people especially the frailer people. I have heard your story more times than I can remember. Your Dad was successfully treated for his condition and died of something completely different.
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I have to comment on the phrase "carelessly gets passed around". Yes, C diff does happen in a hospital setting especially when the normal GI flora is disrupted. But is is a major Infection Control situation. The infected patient is put in Isolation in a single room. All who enter should glove and gown with good handwashing upon leaving the room. Any good hospital should follow this protocol. And I do realize that sometimes this protocol is not perfect. And C diff is treatable with antibiotics.