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Can anyone give me details about their experience with c diff in very young children? I beat cdiff about a year and a half ago (thank goodness). My daughter who is a year and a half old has had black stool the last 3-4 days. Today I took her into her pediatrician and they did a quick test and determined that she does have blood in her stool. Tomorrow I’m collecting and taking in several stool samples for the 5 different tests that they want to run, and I saw that one of them is cdiff.

When I had it, I had what I believe is a very common case. Fatigue, inability to really eat, fever, and uncontrollable diarrhea. My daughter’s ONLY symptom is blood in stool. No fever, no diarrhea, no fatigue (quite the opposite. I live in CA where we are still shut down so she is full of a ton of energy).

So while I’m almost certain it isn’t cdiff and is probably a food allergy, I am curious if anyone has experience with a young toddler getting sick and if the symptoms were similar to when adults get CDI. Test results won’t be back for at least 4-5 days after I take it in, so I’m mostly looking for peace of mind.

Sorry to hear that your little one is sick! I see that you posted this on August 11th. Have you received her test results yet?

It doesn't sound like she has the typical C diff symptoms but I haven't read much about how it affects young children.

I hope all is well and that it's something that is easily dealt with.