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chronic loose stools FOR 6 MONTHS

Dear readers.

I am 32 years old.I have been suffering from diarrhea/loose stools for 6 months.I have already posted a question about this but nobody gave me any answer.
last January my diarrhea started in an acute way with other symptoms:bloating ,nausea,gases...
later i went to hospital.I took some blood tests.Everything was Ok with these blood tests.I took also some stools tests.The doctor said that I had Giardia.
They then gave me Flagyl 500 for 14 days.After this period,however, diarrhea didn't stop.Yet it was not as severe as before.
In May I did tens of blood tests and stool tests again.EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL WITH THE  EXCEPTION OF SOME GIARDIA KYSTS-the doctor said they are also normal in people!!!!
My stools are usually:LOOSE-SOMEHOW YELLOW OR BROWN-WITH MUCUS-NO BLOOD-WITH PIECES OF UNDIGESTED FOOD SOMETIMES-NO OR VERY LITTLE PAIN IN MY ABDOMEN-I SLEEP NORMALLY-USUALLY MY STOOLS STICK TOGETHER like the stools of newborn babies.
CAN ANYBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHAT MIGHT THIS  BE?
IS THIS SOMETHING SERIOUS?
COULD IT BE THE EFFECTS OF MY ANXIETY BECAUSE I ALWAYS KEEP THINKING ABOUT THIS?
OR COULD IT BE THE EFFECTS OF TAKING ANTIBIOTICS FOR A LONG TIME?
                            
                                              CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME.HAS ANYBODY EVER EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING?
                        THANK YOU.
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Whatever you had, I am having exactly the same symptoms for 6 months.  On the FODMAPS diet for 10 days and see ho difference.  Only help seems to be oatmeal and metamucil, keeps things sold but still oddly yellow/brown.

What ever happened with your diagnosis and treatment.  It would help to know what helped you.
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I have the same semi loose stool problem for 6+ months and had gastric ulcer symptoms and Grade B Stomach after endoscopy, Doctor gave sompraz tablet However it gave me dizziness and fatigue during the day.

I came to know from different source about Sugarcane Juice will cure the for Gastric and semi stool problem and after a month my gastric issue completely stopped and semi loose stool is changed to semi stool .

Not taking any medicine only taking a glass of freshly crushed sugarcane juice 150 ml daily and i am feeling better and hope to get cured completely
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yeah i'm also thinking you miiiight have still a c. difficile infection after all those antibiotics..and testing for c. difficile is sort of hit and miss...depends on what other antiboitics you took.

you could now have a new allergy to some food or food intolerance like mammo said.  Giardia still could be still there..c. difficile is usually suspected after antibiotic use and diareerea...

Honestly I'd go on a suppper bland no diary diet..buy some nice probioitics and follow up with a GI doctor with maybe testing for celiac or maybe another run of flagyl (which is usually given for c. difficile infections) but sounds like you still have a bug or infection going and still going weather it's still giardia or c. difficile.. but another stool study probably wouldn't hurt either to find out if it's still there or gone.
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hello, sounds like something is preventing you from digesting properly. You may have a weak immune system to do an underlying condition - sometmes cancer, HIV, or it could be a parasite (like Giardia) that hasn't fully left your body. There are several other conditions that can cause chronic diarrhea, for example: disorders of the pancreas, intestinal disorderss, food intolerance, etc. Keep up your fluids and electrolytes, drink non acidic juices, gatorade and water. avoid coffee and caffiene. discuss getting other tests on other organs with your dr. because they may be the cause
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