colin infection - Page 3

Gooday · ‎03-23-2010

My dad had an aortic valve replacement 2 years ago. He was in the ICU for 3 days and two days in cardiac step down. His first day in a rehab center, he was diagnosed with C-diff. How horrible. He was quarantined which meant NO therapy. What a waste of 28 days!

He had problems for a few months but he is now okay.

My friends mom also caught it in a rehab center when she recovering from a bad bout of COPD and was hooked up to oxygen and IV's. Just going to and from the bathroom to the bed wiped her out.

lucymo · ‎12-13-2010

Ah, come on, Chrystaltree, you surely don't find this a joking matter. I am sorry for OP to have this problem.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

I've had more things done to my colon than probably most 10 people combined. Never haven't heard of this one.

Were it me I would have got a lot more information from whatever doctor discovered it and get some of the why/how and what'for of this problem.

Best to you with this,

hckynut(john)

betteb · ‎03-09-2010

Probiotics are suggested as a preventative, but there is not any hard evidence that they can treat an active C. Dif infection. He needs one of the following medications. He needs to finish the complete course of treatment, and take probiotics. The re-occurrence rate is approx 20%

Metronidazole is typically the initial drug of choice, because of lower price.
Oral vancomycin is second line for mild to moderate cases and is recommended first line for severe disease. Vancomycin and metronidazole, however, appear to be equally effective.
Fidaxomicin has been found to be equally effective as vancomycin in those with mild to moderate disease. It is tolerated as well as vancomycin and may have a lower risk of recurrence. It may be used in those who have recurrent infections and have not responded to the other antibiotics.

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Jump4joy2 · ‎03-11-2010

On 7/4/2014 lucymo said:
Ah, come on, Chrystaltree, you surely don't find this a joking matter. I am sorry for OP to have this problem.

Totally agree -- c-diff is no laughing matter.

ennui1 · ‎06-23-2013

On 7/4/2014 jump4joy said:
On 7/4/2014 ennui1 said:
On 7/4/2014 sparklestar said:
??? Do you perhaps mean colon?

Maybe she's got a thing for Colin Farrell?

Not funny -- apparently you are not familiar with C-diff.

The OP is seeking medical advice on a shopping channel forum. Lighten up.

skuggles · ‎11-20-2013

The latest treatment, and very successful is fecal transplant pill. Not too pleasant sounding, but it works. It is what it sounds like.

TootyJane · ‎03-14-2010

My Mom's neighbor had surgery for lung cancer and ended up getting c-diff in the convalescent home. I had never heard of it before. She has been on and off antibiotics for the last 9 months. It has been a rough road for her but she is finally starting to feel and get better. Good luck for a speedy recovery.

Lacey1 · ‎03-09-2010

On 7/4/2014 skuggles said:
The latest treatment, and very successful is fecal transplant pill. Not too pleasant sounding, but it works. It is what it sounds like.

Skuggles is right. That's essentially what the problem is. The antibiotics have killed the good bacteria in the patient's intestinal tract. Clostridium Difficile, (C-Dif) is a nosocomial infection, (meaning it's something usually only found in hospitals) gets established.

It is a very tough infection to fight, especially in a compromised patient. Years ago, when I worked in the ICU, they were experimenting with a type of fecal enemas from the patient's family. They assumed that members of the same family had similar fecal bacterial colonies. This was before the fecal pill. Probiotics are so important whenever anyone is on antibiotics, or undergoing a GI prep.