I've searched the site but can't seem to find what the symptoms are. I saw Dr. Shen's PA today & she is testing me for cdiff. My symptoms: increased frequency, day time leaking, nocturnal incontinence, very tender low abdomen, pressure in low abdomen, watery stools, greenish in color. No fever but general fatigue & just feel blah. I was thinking pouchitis but she seems to think that due to being on Cipro since 1996, possibility of cdiff. I'm having a pouchoscopy (Dr. Shen will do) tomorrow so hopefully I can get to the bottom of it. She said to totally stop the Cipro & she gave me a PRN order for Flagyl. Kind of leery about stopping the Cipro but I hate dealing with the above issues so if that's what I need to do, I guess that's what I'm doing! Are these symptoms of cdiff or pouchitis? Thanks!
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Greenish, foul smelling, watery, frequent stools are often C diff, so it might very well be. Coupled with the long history of Cipro, it sounds suspicious.
You can't take cipro if you get c.diff. If you are on cipro it is very possible to get c.diff. Take it from me. I was on omnicef, cipro and suprax for a year and had c.diff battle due to those drugs. If I ever have to take cipro I have to take it with Flagyl together to fight having a reoccurrence of c.diff. Once you have c.diff you can always get it again easily.
Flagyl did nothing for c.diff. I had to go on Vancomycen.
I have bright red blood that comes out of me and severe cramping as well. also feels like acid is coming out of my tube when I intubate.
Flagyl did nothing for c.diff. I had to go on Vancomycen.
I have bright red blood that comes out of me and severe cramping as well. also feels like acid is coming out of my tube when I intubate.