Diarrhoea with no other symptoms

Sometimes this is a GI infection, like C diff. If it persists you might need stool testing. Make sure to stay hydrated.

I have had that before plenty of times.  Taking psyllium husk powder helped thicken things up and slow the guts down.  In addition to drinking water, make sure you replenish your electrolytes. Mine get low when I get the watery stools.  They were related to my spleen needing support.  I also make sure to cook my veggies & fruits (nothing raw) and avoid cold foods when the spleen needs help.  Sometimes taking vitamin C and zinc for a few days helps, too.

@Scott F posted:

Sometimes this is a GI infection, like C diff. If it persists you might need stool testing. Make sure to stay hydrated.

Thanks, Scott, I hadn’t thought infection because I don’t feel unwell, but obviously that could be the cause. I wonder where I got it because I haven’t left the house much recently except for doctor’s appointments. Hmm, maybe that was where!

I will ask my doctor to order a stool test. Collecting that is going to be interesting …

An odd thing I’ve noticed is that my bowel produced no gas when the diarrhea was at its worst. On days when it is slightly better, gas as normal.

I guess the diarrhea is zooming past the gut flora too fast for them to do their usual thing.

I just remembered that I took a 5-day course of prednisolone about three weeks ago. (It was a low dose only.) I don’t remember having the diarrhoea while I was taking it but to be honest I’m in such a state these days that I can’t be sure. It was for bad allergic itching and I was so darned relieved that the itching had stopped that I can’t remember anything else. I must start keeping a medical diary.

Will get tested for bugs anyway!

Update: It went away before I could see my doctor to arrange a stool sample.

Happy it’s gone, but I now have no excuse not to start the medication my new doctor prescribed me … which gives most people who take it diarrhoea as a side effect. In fact, it’s so well known for this side effect that some people with motility problems take it to get things moving.

(It’s Mestinon, if anyone is wondering. I’m trying it for orthostatic intolerance / autonomic dysfunction.)

Oh joy!

I’m glad you’re feeling better. It could easily have been something like a viral infection, which can clear up on its own.

Some medications that can cause diarrhea might not have that effect on J-pouchers. If the mechanism of action is an effect on the colon, we might be effectively “immune” to that side effect. It’s hard to tell, of course, since most side effects happen to just a fraction of users anyway. Good luck!