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What happens after C.Difficile?

Digestive Health | Last Active: Oct 27, 2023 | Replies (165)

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I'm on my second recurrence and I'm not on antibiotics at the moment. Waiting to see a Gastro later this month. My symptoms were really bad a few weeks ago, no blood but I had the cramping the watery stools, extremely painful gas, blah blah blah... but I stepped up my intake on s. Boulardii capsules (align resistance formula thus far) and I started taking a multi-enzyme supplement with food. That combination helps with my symptoms quite a bit. Then I started drinking GT's gingerade kombucha, 16 oz a day spread out a few glugs here a few glugs there, which also has live and active s. Boulardii plus other probiotics and ginger to help with inflammation. I thought that was stuff was gross at first but it's calming down my system and giving me a little charge, so I've come to like the taste and look forward to it. Also still taking the capsules three times a day. Definitely not cured but my symptoms are much milder, like the germ is not able to proliferate as aggressively. I still need to see a doctor who will put me on the path to an FMT, and don't recommend doing probiotics instead of getting professional help. But really took the edge off for me and it's so far kept me from ER, so I wanted to share.

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I think a lengthy bout of c diff forever changes the gut. When my husband’s doctors exhausted all antibiotic options, they prescribed cholestyramine powder. He started with a high dose and gradually tapered off. Finally, his diarrhea subsided. Now when his gut over reacts to something, he goes back on a very low dose and it helps a lot.