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C. difficile – Are your guts ever normal again?
Digestive Health | Last Active: Jul 15 5:56pm | Replies (646)Comment receiving replies
I'm sorry to hear about your surgery and subsequent problem. I had Bronchitis recently and my Family Dr gave me a couple of Rocephin Injections. I was hospitalized in late 2020 for 16 days with Cdiff, which I contracted from Clindamycin a Dentist gave me about a month before. So I too have avoided Abx like the plague until the Bronchitis episode recently. I called my Infectious Disease Dr who treated me in Hospital in 2020 about taking these 2 injections. He immediately put me on Vancomycin-125mg-2 Daily- for the course of the Abx, plus 7 more days. You may wish to mention this to your Surgeon. As I understood it the Vancomycin stays in your gut as a Prophylaxis to lessen the possibility of getting Cdiff again. I am about 2 weeks through the Vanco course and so far so good.
I know Bactrim is one of the lower risk Abx for Cdiff. But i dont think it would hurt to mention this to your Surgeon. I wish you all the best!
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Thanks, that is very good information.
Because I had my C-diff in Florida, and I now live in Minnesota, I no longer have a Gastroenterologist specialist here. But I had surgery at Mayo so I will ask the surgeon's follow-up staff to get some input from Mayo infectious disease experts. I am having a difficult recovery and can't imagine adding a C-diff infection.
Your infection was more recent than mine (Oct 2011). You don't mention a reoccurrence. I am wondering if the gut goes back to normal after a certain time, and one's chance of getting C-diff is like everyone else when taking antibiotics. Or if one remains a high-risk individual.
Anyone know a good Gastroenterologist/Infectious disease doctor in Minneapolis area?