For the unfortunate few who become infected by clostridioides difficile (c diff) the initial and hopefully, final treatment is an antibiotic. But, wait! Aren’t antibiotics part of the problem? Don’t people GET c diff after taking antibiotics? Well, yes. When antibiotics impair your gut microbiome by killing off both good and bad bacteria, it can…
Month: May 2022
Waiting for test results is hard. Things you can do while you wait.
In my last post I discussed that oh-oh moment. When something happens that you know ISN’T GOOD. You know, like all of a sudden you are bleeding from somewhere unexpected, or your body just isn’t behaving normally. You know something in your life is about to change, and maybe not for the better. What do…
C diff and that “oh-oh” moment
Oh-oh. That moment of urgency hits. You have diarrhea. And you just finished taking antibiotics for your (insert condition here). Are you in trouble? Next comes the search for the cause. Was it something you ate? What the heck is going on? What things cause diarrhea? The differential list of causes in long and includes…
What is C Diff and is it coming for YOU?
2020 was a rough year for many of us. But for me, 2021 was the year that said “hold my beer and watch this!” Little did I know at the end of 2020 that I would be diagnosed with a c diff infection that would send me careening into the year 2021 filled with antibiotics,…