This morning I was completely fine, but I noticed some rather acidic gas that I would occasionally burp up soon after. I went through the day normally, but I also noted that my stools were growing more liquidy, from a somewhat typical one to diarrhea. I have a shift early in the morning so I went to bed early, taking a quarter of a Zanex. At about 1 am, I woke with slight abdominal pain, which was not adverse to menstrual cramps. I passed some gas and then headed to the bathroom, and sat there for a good 10 minutes with pure liquid stools. Its been an hour and a half, and the abdominal pain persists and occasionally is sharper when I lay down, usually right in the center of where my ribcage ends. I'm still passing the liquid stools every so often, and the gas seems to make it no better. I was certain that I was going to throw up about ten minutes ago, but it was pure gas in my throat causing it. I've been trying to drink water now and again, but I have work in an hour and a half. Is this serious enough to miss work or should I just tough it out? And what can I do to help resolve the pain and cure my diarrhea as quickly as possible
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This could easily be a garden variety GI infection (usually viral). If you decide to go to work, please be very careful about washing your hands, to avoid spreading it. If it's something else it may become clearer in a day or two.
get checked for C dif. Those are the symptoms I had and I tested positive. Is your immune system compromised? Are you on Antibiotics? It can happen even with the J-pouch.
Bet you just have a GI bug. We get them too!
Hydrate like a maniac! I usually can stay up on hydration with diarrhea; it's when it's spewing from both ends that I generally end up in urgent care.
Not every bout of watery stool and stomach cramps is an immediate rush to a C Diff diagnosis/infection... I wouldn't worry about that immediately, unless you've got other things going on with you that you haven't mentioned (such as antibiotic use, past history of C Diff, an exposure, etc.)
Krys Bingham posted:This morning I was completely fine, but I noticed some rather acidic gas that I would occasionally burp up soon after. I went through the day normally, but I also noted that my stools were growing more liquidy, from a somewhat typical one to diarrhea. I have a shift early in the morning so I went to bed early, taking a quarter of a Zanex. At about 1 am, I woke with slight abdominal pain, which was not adverse to menstrual cramps. I passed some gas and then headed to the bathroom, and sat there for a good 10 minutes with pure liquid stools. Its been an hour and a half, and the abdominal pain persists and occasionally is sharper when I lay down, usually right in the center of where my ribcage ends. I'm still passing the liquid stools every so often, and the gas seems to make it no better. I was certain that I was going to throw up about ten minutes ago, but it was pure gas in my throat causing it. I've been trying to drink water now and again, but I have work in an hour and a half. Is this serious enough to miss work or should I just tough it out? And what can I do to help resolve the pain and cure my diarrhea as quickly as possible
Hi sorry this is way back u posted this but
for the past 2 days Iv been having all these symptoms!! What was the outcome from this please
thanks
I was admitted to hospital with a c diff infection 2 years ago. I was told that the bug had been identified and I should expect to recover as soon as my fluid levels were OK. After another 48 hours I was still unable to retain fluid. I told the hospital doctor that I had been using cannabis for the last 25 years and I would like to smoke. The head doctor enabled me to leave the hospital grounds for this purpose. I smoked my joint and six hours later I was released from hospital after being told that I was at least 2 days away from recovery. I have posted my story on other forums. If you have a pouch and you haven't used cannabis as medicine I suggest that you should give it a go. Any feedback would be interesting.
John Curtain posted:I was admitted to hospital with a c diff infection 2 years ago. I was told that the bug had been identified and I should expect to recover as soon as my fluid levels were OK. After another 48 hours I was still unable to retain fluid. I told the hospital doctor that I had been using cannabis for the last 25 years and I would like to smoke. The head doctor enabled me to leave the hospital grounds for this purpose. I smoked my joint and six hours later I was released from hospital after being told that I was at least 2 days away from recovery. I have posted my story on other forums. If you have a pouch and you haven't used cannabis as medicine I suggest that you should give it a go. Any feedback would be interesting.
Hey! Thank you for reply!....
I'm not a cannabis user although when I have aches and pains I may have a few puffs from a J but I'm scared its doin more harm then good... So I find this interesting. Thank you