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Why isn't FMT a more mainstream treatment for C. Diff.? With high reoccurrence and the danger of antibiotic resistance growing, this seems like (providing the donor is properly screened) a safer and possibly more effective treatment.
Im very upset. I took clindamycin for mrsa. Now I am in severe stomach pain. Waiting for stool sample to show if i have c diff. This is wrong. Taje an antibiotic and hope for the best and hope you don't die
I have Cdiff and it's extremely painful! I'm on Vancomysin. I was born with a rare form of dwarfism called McKusick type Metaphyseal Chondrodysplasia or CHH ( Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia ) and Hirschsprungs disease. My colon was removed as an infant, at just 2 days old. I only have tiny portion of my colon, which is my rectum. However, as for Hirschsprungs I had to wear a colostomy bag on abd off but thanfully in 2008, it was reversed. Though, ever since then, I have a very high risk of getting C. Diff colitis. It's been colonized. It can activate at any minute like now without a warning. Ever since i was born, I've had many surgeries abd most of them were done at my abdominal area. I have irritable bowel syndrome, severe gastritis, chronic colitis, extreme acid production, fissures, constipation, pylori disease or pylori stenosis, inflammatory bowel disease, scarring, severe acid reflux, heartburn, digestion problems, and more. Thanfully, I don't have Crohn's. With so many scars on my small intestine, it makes it extremely painful! What medication should I be taking? My cdiff activates with antibiotics. Im on Vancomysin
I'm a patient of pemphigus vulgaris last 2 years. 3rd year are start. This tim my age are 34. I'm very disturd from this desieas. Plz tell me any good treatment for this this desiease who was finished it. Any good injections ? I'm from Pakistan.
When my mother was in the hospital with a bladder infection I noticed nearly every patients door had a yellow tag warning of infectious desease My mother then got C- diff twice. The majority of C-DIFF recepients are women. Ask yourself why? Because women are more prone to bladder infections due to poop in the vaginal area. This is the bacteria that causes bladder infections. C-DIFF is a byproduct of trying to get rid of the infection. Here in California we now give probiotics to patients receiving IV antibiotics and I am here to witness that the doors are no longer covered with yellow tags and people are living through their VI antibiotic treatment s and going home. I'm fact SNF's are nearly empty because people here are no longer being sent to SNF's for hospital after care for C-diff.
Does it really matter if you have a metabolic acidosis that is high anion gap or not? just goes straight to Winters formula for any form of metabolic acidosis
I have winter asthma. Have cough through out the day but other symptoms are like intermittent asthma . So is it intermittent or sever persistent asthma ??????
I was in the hospital in July 2023. While I was there I caught C Diff for the first time in my life! I didn't know that I had it until recently. Luckily my family doctor told me about a University study that is going on in the city I live in. I agreed to do the study. I am now on a newly developed egg derived polyclonal antibodies (IM-01). I amon day 2 of a70 day study, and I am hoping that this will help me and future people suffering from C Diff. ..By the way, I haven't used any antibodies for about 5 years.
Hay everyone! I have an update! The egg antibodies didn't work 😕 😑 😫...BUT I received a FMT (fecal microflora transplant) a month ago and I feel like a different person! My fecal donor was screened for EVERYTHING! I would love to know who that person is! I will be in this FMT study until January 2025! I will be back for an update 🌝❣
Just confused because aren’t S1 and S2 dermatomes going to be affected in conus medullaris - so then technically there would be lower limb sensory loss in those dermatomes?!
Excellent. TY from someone recently diagnosed with C-diff. What if you don't test positive for toxins A or B, but did have c-diff show up in fecal sample and have had symptoms for months prior to fecal testing showing c-diff?
I was recently diagnosed as well. My doctor has put me in a University study regarding C diff . On day 2 of the study. I can give you information on what options I had, and what study that they put me in if you would like. I hope that you are feeling better, this is a really bad bacteria!
@@foxyfoodie2987 Hi. I'm sorry to hear about your son! This is hard to get rid of because the spores of the C Diff bacteria are extremely hard to kill, and hand sanitizer won't kill them, you need to wash with soap and water. I live in Canada, and in July I was in the hospital. That's when I caught C Diff. Usually people contract this bacteria after using antibiotics, but that was not the case for me. I haven't used antibiotics for about 6 years. My doctor recommended me for this C Diff study, and I just finished day 13, of 70 days. The study is on the clinical effectiveness of egg derived polyclonal antibodies which HOPEFULLY will get rid of the bacteria. If this doesn't work then I will be getting a.....Fecal transplant 😬 I know! Yikes! But getting your gut flora back to healthy is the main goal. I'm hoping to avoid taking the recommended antibiotics for the same reason. Good luck, and I hope that your son will feel better soon 🌝
Also, I tested negative for toxins. That's why I am in the egg yolk study. The only other study I know of is if you do test positive for toxins. The medicine is called Crs3123. They are comparing it with oral Vancomycin for adults with C Diff infection ❤ Best of luck to your son 👍
