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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / October 2005Antibiotic-Induced Colitis
Hi all, I had 2 sinus surgeries recently, and with all the antibiotics, I ended up with c.diff colitis. Has anyone experienced this? On 10/1/05 1:48 PM, in article %AC%e.64$9K2.36@bignews1.bellsouth.net, > Hi all, > > I had 2 sinus surgeries recently, and with all the antibiotics, I ended > up with c.diff colitis. Has anyone experienced this? This is why it is so important to get the cilia action back as soon as possible after surgery. Hi. I have heard and read much about C-diff, but I don't think it's actually a "colitis". I DO, however, know that the overuse of antibiotics is directly attributed to the type of colitis I have, which is collagenous colitis, also known as lymphocytic colitis or microscopic colitis. However, I have hardly ever taken antibiotics in my 48 years of life, so mine came from somewhere else, but lots of people with this rare form of colitis DO attribute it to antibiotics and the overuse of Ibuprofen. Sue It's been five days since I finished augmentin and though I've left behind some of the side effects, I'm still extremely gassy and burp constantly. My hemmorhoids are still around too. And today, I saw blood and mucous in my stool. Colitis? I'm eating yoghurt and taking about 6-8 billion whatever of acidiphilus. I'm going to double up and hope to nip this in the bud. Will see the ENT later in the week and will be bringing this up along with the fact that 3 weeks of augmentin didn't do anything but give me the worst gastrointestinal side effects. > It's been five days since I finished augmentin and though I've left > behind some of the side effects, I'm still extremely gassy and burp [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > will be bringing this up along with the fact that 3 weeks of augmentin > didn't do anything but give me the worst gastrointestinal side effects. You may want to consider taking saccaromyces boulardii (sp?). I know a number of folks whose antibiotic induced gastric problems were helped by this. Susan tdonline - you should at least call a pharmacist but better yet call your doctor. Blood and mucous in the stools should not be ignored. What brand of acidopholis are you using? I only had luck using Culturelle. All the others did nothing for me. Call today and check on those symptoms. PS Augmentin was one of the antibiotics I had problem with (developed colitis - not c.diff but still serious) I got colitis one time after a long course of antibiotics. I fortunately didn't get c. diff colitis but I did have serious colitis symptoms and lost 15 pounds. It took me many weeks before I could eat normally again. I hear c. diff is awful to have - I sympathize with you! I take culturelle probiotics http://www.culturelle.com and found them to be more effective than other probiotics. This particular brand has been heavily researched and used in Europe for many years. To get over this, make sure you are taking a probiotic and if you can tolerate it eat plain unsweetened yogurt that contains cultures such as Stoneyfield Yogurt. All I know about the c. diff is that taking certain antibiotics like clindamycin can lead to this type of colitis. I read that c. diff can reoccur months after you are over it so be on the look out for a reoccurrence call your doctor right away. I would try to avoid the antibiotics that you used before the c. diff if possible.
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