Caught CDiff w/o antibiotic use - what now?
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:02 am
I am 11 weeks into recovery post Vanco taper pulse.
I caught CDiff without antibiotic use. I had severe shiga toxin producing Ecoli that wiped out my good gut flora and allowed CDiff to overgrow (my GIs best guess for my peculiar case). So I'm not antibiotic onset or community acquired.
I'm thinking about the future and having tons of anxiety about the future possibility of infection. The Ecoli was out of my control (local organic restaurant with perfect sanitation score some how managed to acquire tainted pesto from their supplier). I will avoid antibiotics even though they didn't play a role in my case. But I can't avoid food forever. I'm in therapy to work through this but was wondering if anyone else has any tips for not contracting future CDiff infections in extrenuating circumstances. I feel like the possibility of reinfection is imminent and I don't know how much of that is anxiety and how much of that is rational fear due to my circumstance.
I caught CDiff without antibiotic use. I had severe shiga toxin producing Ecoli that wiped out my good gut flora and allowed CDiff to overgrow (my GIs best guess for my peculiar case). So I'm not antibiotic onset or community acquired.
I'm thinking about the future and having tons of anxiety about the future possibility of infection. The Ecoli was out of my control (local organic restaurant with perfect sanitation score some how managed to acquire tainted pesto from their supplier). I will avoid antibiotics even though they didn't play a role in my case. But I can't avoid food forever. I'm in therapy to work through this but was wondering if anyone else has any tips for not contracting future CDiff infections in extrenuating circumstances. I feel like the possibility of reinfection is imminent and I don't know how much of that is anxiety and how much of that is rational fear due to my circumstance.