Diverticulitis with C.difficile

I had BAD diverticulitis and ended up having a large portion of my large intestine removed. When I was in the hospital at Mayo in Phoenix, they tested me several times for CDiff as I was on multiple antibiotics for a long period of time. So I would say yes, it is possible to have both. Hope this helps!

Can you get diverticulitis if you have c diff? I'm asking for a friend who I think was misdiagnosed. I thought because with c diff you have no bacteria you couldn't get things like diverticulitis. Any input would be helpful

Hi, @dpete19743 - I wanted to let you know I moved your post on diverticulitis and C Diff to this thread on diverticulitis so you can talk with others discussing issues related to this condition. Hoping members like @suez @oceanone will return and offer their input related to the possibility of getting diverticulitis and C Diff, from what they have seen in their own health or read about.

Will you explain a little more about your friend's potential misdiagnosis, dpete19743?

When I have an attack pain left quadrant abdomen under left flank at the back (the worst pain) even pain in my left hip I try to do bowel rest for 3 days trying to avoid antibiotics if that does not work I start an antibiotic treatment witj probiotics (to protect my intestinal flora from the antibiotics) but I need to continue to be on a liquid diet until I can slowly re-introduce sôlid food which can take many days. My problem is that I become so weak with this regimen that I also become confused. I cannot take productd like ensure because they contain lactose nor energy drinks because they contain sucrose,
Is there anyone in my situation & in the affirmative what do you do beside going to the ER & wait for hours to get an intravenous solute!
Would very much appreciate your input!

Hello oceanone. I find that I can go on soft foods, instead of liquids only, to give my colon a rest. I drink Smart water to keep hydrated without depleting my electrolytes. That usually is enough without antibiotics.

Yes you can. I just got out of hospital and was diagnosed with c diff and diverticulitis.

What is c diff? How is different from diverticulitis?

How was it treated? I’ve got both right now.

1) Diverticular disease is caused by small bulges in the large intestine (diverticula) developing and becoming inflamed. If any of the diverticula become infected, this leads to symptoms of diverticulitis.
2) C. diff (also known as Clostridioides difficile or C. difficile) is a germ (bacterium) that causes diarrhea and colitis (an inflammation of the colon). C-diff is also contagious and it is important that the person use good hygiene to avoid spreading.
Broad based antibiotics like clindamycin and amoxicillin are known to cause C.diff because they not only kill bad bacteria but also good bacteria in the intestines.

I developed diverticulitis and was given anti-biotics that then gave me C-diff. I enrolled in a study about FMT, fecal microbial transplant. Yep, they put in someone's healthy poo into you via enema. In about a couple weeks, my suffering ended. No more C-diff. So very grateful I found them, in Burr Ridge IL. And they paid me for participating in the study, lol.