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C-DIF INFECTION
- Gastroenterology Community
My daughter had a baby 3 weeks ago. She had a normal delivery. A week after coming home from the hospital she had diareah, fever and eventually developed skin whelps around her stomach, legs and arms. She is presently back in the hospital where she had h...


c-dif treatment
- Gastroenterology Community
My father had a colectomy with colostomy mid-May due to a severe infection caused by diverticulitis. While recovering from surgery in a rehabilitation facility, he was diagnosed with c-dif. He was prescribed Flagyl and Vancomycin. However, he had an allerg...


Antibiotic and stomach issues
- General Health Community
Hello I wasn't sure what forum to ask this on. I was taking augmentin which was giving me severe diarrhea so i stopped after 7 days instead of 10. My stomach still hurts pretty bad. I may get one loose stool a day now because of taking probiotic yogurt ...


Should Imodium be given during any stage of c-diff infection
- Colitis Community
82 yr old father came down with c-diff after a bout with bad bronchitis. Was given Imodium before diagnosis and then given Imodium four days during treatment. From everything I have read you should not give Imodium to someone with c-diff. Is there a p...


C. Dif Diagnosis...now what?
- Gastroenterology Community
Hello! Turned 40 & am losing my mind...! I started getting stomach pains, etc. & ended up at doc. Ends up I have diverticulitis (found by ct scan) & another test indicated I have c. dif. I feel like my colon is 'lumpy' or something & gasy & I also am ha...


Ulcerative Colitis - pending colonoscopy
- Colitis Community
Hey all. For about 6 mo now I have been misdiagnosed with C-diff every other month. A few days ago I went to a GI specialist and he suspects UC. I have a colonoscopy scueduled for the 4th. For the past two hours I have bloody diarrhea, vomitting, and sever...


Any idea what this means?
- Hepatitis C Community
I am two-thirds of the way through my treatment and have reached UND but during my last endoscopy the doctor did a stomach biopsy. The results were that I have inflammation but no finding of bacteria. Any idea what this might mean?


H Pylori antibiotics and c-dif infection - can you take the antibiotics by shot/IV?
- Gastroenterology Community
My father had a bad case of c-dif two years ago. Last year he was diagnosed with a pre-ulcerous condition due to H Pylori. His gastro MD tried treating the symptoms instead of putting him on antibiotics - with our agreement - to avoid a reoccurrence of the...


HAS ANYONE USED EPO
- Pregnancy Community
If so what was your outcome and what techniques did u do and how often


C-diff
- General Health Community
I tested postitive for C-Diif. I was given 7 days of Avaloc and 12 days of flagyl. One day after finishing the antibiotics I took 3 stools samples and they were negative. Was it too soon to test?


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