augmentin

my son is 18 months old and has a sever sinus infection and has been on augmentin for almost 4 weeks at which time in the first 4 days he had sever diarrehea so his allergist stopped the meds for 48 hours and had me give him proaddopholis which cleared it up and he went back on the meds but sense then he has had diahrea non stop for the last week its been so bad on fri the doc took him off the meds he has refused to eat for 3 days but hes drinking lots and making wet diapers but my question is the nurse mention somthing about people can develope this condition after prolonged antibiotic usage where it kills all the bacteria in the g.i. track can u tell me about that is it dangerous??? is it fix able he doesnt go back to the doc for a couple days and im very worried please help???????

[Jaybay]

I think she's referring to the clostridium difficule bacteria, which is pretty darn nasty, but certainly treatable.  It has a very characterist AWFUL smell with the stool.  Makes even moms and nurses gag.  If your son is already doing better and isn't running a fever, he's probably just still irritated with the augmentin.  Nasty antibiotic, isn't it?  Ugh!  Anyway, you can read more about c. diff here:

[stilltrying2]

Augmentin always gave me terrible stomach problems. The best thing I found was to eat about half a container of yogurt about 30 minutes before taking the augmentin and then 30 minutes after. It puts the bacteria back in the digestive tract and has been an absolutely wonderful help!