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cellulitis to c.diff Clindamycin to Vancomycin Diarrhea, Constipation
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Hello @b90 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. From your brief post, it appears that you have had cellulitis, C-Diff and have taken antibiotics and now have diarrhea and constipation. Is my understanding correct?
As you probably know, antibiotics are important to use but can often lead to stomach upsets. It looks like you have tried a simple diet but need to find a way back to regularity.
On Mayo Clinic's website, there is some information about C-Diff. Here is the link to that information, https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/c-difficile/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20351697.
On Connect we also have a discussion group where members discuss their journey with C-Diff and the meds that have helped. Here is the link to that discussion, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/c-diff-7/?commentsorder=newest#chv4-comment-stream-header. As you read the posts from other members, feel free to click on "Reply" and to ask questions in order to find out more about their experience.
I would like to invite the following Connect members to discuss their experiences with C-Diff with you such as @sbr270 @lengel and @beckyt.
b90, Has your doctor offered any suggestions?
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I had c-difficile in 2011. My dentist (following a dental procedure) had prescribed a ten-day dose of Amoxicillin. On the tenth day the diarrhea started, and it was like a prep for a colonoscopy. Two days later (Sunday) I went to Urgent Care, and they told me to go home and drink lots of fluids. Feeling terrible the next day, I called my doctor who sent me to the Emergency Room. I was diagnosed with C-difficile and recovered in hospital for a week. I had very low potassium as result of diarrhea. In the hospital they gave me vancomycin and when I was discharged, they prescribed ten days of vancomycin (compound medication because the pills cost a fortune) and also had me continue with Florastor probiotic which they had also given me in the hospital. My specialist said I should not take antibiotics again unless I had pneumonia! I have not taken another antibiotic since (except if during surgical procedure they gave me through blood) and I have not had another occurrence of C-difficile. That was my experience, but I have a question. I have researched but not found an answer. After many years, is it reasonably safe for me to take a broad based antibiotic if I need one???? Has anyone had C-diff and then taken oral antibiotics some time later????
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I have never had c-diff. Not sure why you referenced me. Sally Raff, sbr270@gmail.com