I work in healthcare and antibiotics keep working up to 10 days after you stop taking them. C Diff was a pretty serious "diagnosis" but also a possibility, just not a very common one--you find that with much stronger antibiotics--and the diarrhea is severe (watery) for several weeks before--if you're concerned about C Diff, you'll have to take a stool specimen to your doc to test, but again, most labs won't even test stool for C Diff if it's not watery (doesn't meet criteria). Keep up with the probiotics and your intestinal tract heals and maybe even try the BRAT diet for a few days (Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast) to let your belly heal.
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I work in healthcare and antibiotics keep working up to 10 days after you stop taking them. C Diff was a pretty serious "diagnosis" but also a possibility, just not a very common one--you find that with much stronger antibiotics--and the diarrhea is severe (watery) for several weeks before--if you're concerned about C Diff, you'll have to take a stool specimen to your doc to test, but again, most labs won't even test stool for C Diff if it's not watery (doesn't meet criteria). Keep up with the probiotics and your intestinal tract heals and maybe even try the BRAT diet for a few days (Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast) to let your belly heal.
February 14, 2011 - 3:19pmThis Comment
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