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9 Mo Old with C-diff Colitis, Advice Needed
Asked by N.C. from Denver
on March 19, 2008
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My 9 month old boy has c-diff colitis. Started this week off with bloody stools and it's just been downhill since there. We start antibiotics today, they are starting...
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- N., Get to a GI as soon as possible! My dd had c-diff when she was 1 and we darn near lost her. I often wonder if we had gotten her to a GI if things would have turned...
- Here are a few thoughts. Ask how long it should take for him to improve on the antibiotics. If he doesn't improve in that time, definitely go back and ask if your son'...
- Nicole my son had c-diff when he was 4 months old. He had never been on antibiotics and had never been in the hospital. C-diff is a bacteria that is actually natural...
Has Anyone Ever Heard of or Experienced C. Diff?
Asked by E.P. from Washington DC
on February 17, 2007
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My son is going on 1 week with 2-4 times a day of foul smelling diarrhea. Is is nothing he has been eating and he has no fever or distemperment. Otherwise he is a teen...
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- c diff usually occurs after antibiotics or with a decreased immune system.. It's treated with flagyl and vancomycin for severe cases. The antibiotic Levaquin causes ...
- My sone is in the same boat....I think he's teething, but no teeth yet...he just turned 6 months yesterday. The dr. seems to not be concerned, as he's the same as alwa...
- Does your doctor know about his weight loss? That sounds concerning to me. My daughter is a few ounces shy of 18 pounds at nine months, and the pediatrician wants her ...
Intestinal Issues
Asked by S.T. from Kansas City
on March 23, 2010
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Hello, you have all been so helpful in the past. I think that i have Clostridium difficile and I may be pregnant. I wont be able to take the pregnancy test until the ...
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- C diff is horrible!!! I had it and so has my MIL, not fun, hope you don't have it. I very much agree that you need to get a high quality yogurt (Chobani greek yogurt i...
- take probiotics or eat yogurt to help repopulate your gut with good bacteria. Those are definitely good for pregnancy and may help prevent allergies in the baby. Antib...
- For the short term, drink plenty of water to counteract the diarrhea. Yup, call the doc in the a.m.
8-Month-old Son Has Had Diarrhea for Almost 7 Weeks
Asked by L.S. from Chicago
on October 8, 2008
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I think the subject line pretty much says it all, but here is more background:
On Aug. 24, I took my then 7-month-old son Michael to the ER with what turned out to ...
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- Any chance you're going to be seeing Dr. Grant Geissler at Children's Memorial? My son saw him and he also operated on my son when he was 5 days old for an intestina...
- First off...my heart goes out to you. Really..... 8 month old babies don't have to be this challenging. Secondly, Bacitracin Zinc is one of the ingredients in Neo...
- Wow, my son had intussuption as well! He had it at 3 months old. He had the barium enema and then the surgery. He's always had loose stools but both my sons have. I ...
Child Who Is Sick All the Time
Asked by D.W. from Knoxville
on June 10, 2007
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I have a 3 yr old son who has been sick from the time he was 5 months old. He started with 3 rounds of RSV. He also has asthma and allergies. At about 7 months old he ...
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- This must be so tough on you! Does he have food allergies? Is he on probiotics? Please email me at ____@____.com and I will try to see if there is any other informat...
- Has anyone talked about testing his immune system? I don't know how that would work, but it sure is odd that he's sick that much and for that long. Also, and this...
- Also you might check to see if you have any type of mold in your house. I know that certain forms of mold, like black mold can cause a person to be constantly sick. ...
Help! Kids Keep Getting Strep
Asked by C.D. from Raleigh
on March 10, 2008
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I have 3 chidlren and I am a SAHM. My children are 4,5 and 7 years old and have had strep six times since Aug. of 2007. I am not sure what to do. They have tried se...
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- Maybe you should try an ENT doctor first (Ears,Nose And Throat). It sounds like maybe tonsil issues that could be resolved with surgery. I know surgery is scary but af...
- 6 times i would definitely get them to a ent. My son gets dark circles under his eyes. His drs call them allergy bruises. You might want to check out another doctor...
- Have they not seen a ears, nose and throat doctor? If not request your doctor to put in a referrel. They will check into it and see how many times they have had strep ...
How to cure a yeast infection?
Asked by J.R. from Sheboygan
on September 23, 2006
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i went to the doctor bout two weeks ago.. they gave me two diff kinds of meds. and i went back a few days later to make sure the yeast infection was gone and it wasnt....
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- Hi J., I used to get yeast infections three times a month or more. I used everything under the sun: yogurt, Monostat (the 7, 3 and 1 day kinds) and prescriptions. T...
- I don't have any advice as far as treatment. I just wanted to ask if you are having other symptoms such as excessive thirst or urination? For a friend of mine the cons...
- Hi J.! My daughter used to get really bad yeast infections. I started giving her drinkable aloe in Strawberry Kiwi flavor and she no longer gets them. It heals from...
Augmentin?
Asked by S.A. from Milwaukee
on March 10, 2012
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Both my girls are on antibiotics right now. But my youngest, who is 2, is on Augmentin and having diarrhea that's making her bottom pretty sore. Doing BRAT diet, probi...
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- may last for a day or two after the medicine stops.
- My son got C Diff from Augmentin; he had severe diarrhea and a raw little bottom. He was put on a different medication to fight the C Diff. If the diarrhea doesn't g...
- I was fine with Augmentin as a child/young adult. I took it five weeks ago (I'm 45) and was exploding both ways just after three doses. Awful!! I was told to stop,...
Has Your Child Had Parasitic or Bacterial Diarrhea?
Asked by B.C. from Minneapolis
on August 4, 2010
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My four year old began having diarrhea on July 5th. After two weeks, it finally began to get somewhat better but she still has episodes. She would have very bad stom...
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- My son had diarrhea a few times before he was out of diapers. I know it was antibiotics on at least one occasion (kills off all the beneficial intestinal bacteria), b...
- Viruses can stay domant for months, even years before they show up. Take cold sores, for example. Those infected don't walk around with constant cold sores, but only...
- My son went through a similar situation when he was 2. It came on when we were on vacation and I thought it was from all the not-so-healthy stuff he was eating from b...
My Daughter Has C.Difficile. Does Anyone Have Experience with This?
Asked by M.S. from San Francisco
on May 29, 2008
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My daughter took two rounds of antibiotics for an ear infection and has had diarrhea ever since. We tried loading her up with probiotics and that didn't help so we di...
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- Hi M., My husband had C Diff a few years ago. I'm sorry to hear your daughter is battling this one, however it is treatable! Based on our experience and what I...
- Hi M......my heart goes out to you with a sick little 3 year old girl and a 10 month old baby! So I will start out by saying that I am a nurse and we see this quite of...
- M., As I understand it, too many antibiotics can ruin the digestional flora of bacteria in the intestinal tract and cause C. Difficile to proliferate. Taking in yo...
