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C. difficile – Are your guts ever normal again?
Digestive Health | Last Active: Feb 20 9:02pm | Replies (645)Comment receiving replies
My husband, Bill (89), was hospitalized for C.Diff last Friday. Got released on Sunday still with uncontrol able diarrhea. At least no longer bloody. This morning said he was doing better.
Understand it is highly contagious. Daughter and I are using Clorox, etc., like crazy people - hand washing every time we turn around and lots of hot showers.
Is there any other preventative things we should be doing?
Bill doesn't want to eat - has lost 20 pounds in past month (also has dementia). I keep putting things in front of him and he'll take a few bites. Doctor has him on Vancomycin. At first they wanted a different pill but we don't have Part D and it was going to cost over $4200! Costco had the Vancomycin for $73 - some places listed it at over $1000!
Understand eggs, cheese, chicken good for diarrhea?
He had been in the hospital and NH a month ago and on antibiotics for UTI at that time. I understand all of those events can trigger C.Diff.
Thank you for suggestions.
He is not a happy camper.
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I lived on rice, pineapple, and boiled chicken for 3 months. Only thing that helped me was finally an FMT. But still has taken 2 years to return to any kind of "normal"
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My husband had a similar experience with c diff after taking clindamycin for a dental procedure. Even after the c diff was gone, he needed to be near a bathroom at all times which was very frustrating. He took multiple medications that didn’t help.
After months of no improvement, his gastroenterologist ordered Questran (colestyramine) powder which is actually a medication to lower cholesterol but also works to stop diarrhea. He started on a full dose of four teaspoons a day, then three and so on until the end of the fourth week. Finally, the diarrhea stopped.
He still keeps Questran on hand in case his bowels flare up. He refuses to take any broad based antibiotics and is still careful about his diet, but he can live an active life.