Can symptoms go away/should we treat?
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 3:41 pm
Hello all - so glad I found this forum! My 6-year-Old daughter came down with a stomach bug that went away quickly and then seemed to come back a few days later (the rest of us in the house had it mildly as well). Because her diarrhea was persistent (and she vomited a few times) during the “relapse,” I took her to the doc. They tested her for a UTI just to rule that out, and it was positive, so she was started on cefdinir/omnicef. This was on a Monday. Symptoms, especially D, persisted through Wednesday so the doc ordered a stool culture. We started her on Florastor, and literally by Thursday, stool was normal and symptoms had mostly stopped. She was also really hungry, as she hadn’t eaten much in almost two weeks.
I collected the stool after symptoms had stopped and dropped it off, and lo and behold, she tested positive for c diff - but she hasn’t had D in well over a week. Doc has prescribed Flagyl. She has been “going” 2-3 times a day, as opposed to her usual (pre-stomach bug) once a day, and I have noticed some visible mucus on the outside, but all stools are formed and I don’t really notice any out-of-the-ordinary odor. I assumed the mucus was just lingering irritation from the bug. She is still on Florastor plus I’ve added a stronger multi-strain probiotic. Every now and then she will say her tummy hurts but it never lasts and she seems fine (her energy level has returned since being sick).
One thing to add: after being on Clindymycin for cellulitis from an infected bug bite about 18 months ago, she was passing large amounts of mucus in her stool for a couple of days. It was a weekend and doc said to bring her in on Monday but I started her on strong probiotics and it cleared up and I never took her in.
I’m not sure what I’m asking, exactly, but I guess: even though she no longer has diarrhea, is it typical to treat? And, is it possible that she had it 18 months ago, when she was pooping pure mucus, and it cleared up with probiotics, but it flared the next time she was on abx? I wonder if she is a carrier, which is apparently realatively common in young kids, and the finding of c diff is incidental here.
I collected the stool after symptoms had stopped and dropped it off, and lo and behold, she tested positive for c diff - but she hasn’t had D in well over a week. Doc has prescribed Flagyl. She has been “going” 2-3 times a day, as opposed to her usual (pre-stomach bug) once a day, and I have noticed some visible mucus on the outside, but all stools are formed and I don’t really notice any out-of-the-ordinary odor. I assumed the mucus was just lingering irritation from the bug. She is still on Florastor plus I’ve added a stronger multi-strain probiotic. Every now and then she will say her tummy hurts but it never lasts and she seems fine (her energy level has returned since being sick).
One thing to add: after being on Clindymycin for cellulitis from an infected bug bite about 18 months ago, she was passing large amounts of mucus in her stool for a couple of days. It was a weekend and doc said to bring her in on Monday but I started her on strong probiotics and it cleared up and I never took her in.
I’m not sure what I’m asking, exactly, but I guess: even though she no longer has diarrhea, is it typical to treat? And, is it possible that she had it 18 months ago, when she was pooping pure mucus, and it cleared up with probiotics, but it flared the next time she was on abx? I wonder if she is a carrier, which is apparently realatively common in young kids, and the finding of c diff is incidental here.