Upper stomach pain 3 weeks after cdiff
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Upper stomach pain 3 weeks after cdiff
I was hospitalized with c diff for 5 days -sepsis, colitis, the works. This was about 3 weeks ago. Just finished vancomycin about 1 week ago. Starting to have sharp stabbing pains in upper abdomen, stomach area. I'm totally paranoid this has something to do with c diff. I've noticed a lot more heartburn lately too. Is this common after a bad c diff bout?
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Re: Upper stomach pain 3 weeks after cdiff
I am on the pulse portion of my vancomycin treatment and I am also having pain in my upper abdomen, right under my sternum. If i touch that area I can feel the tenderness. It feels very similar to when i had gastritis and I have read that other people have got gastritis from c diff. I am guessing it is stress based gastritis. Talk to your doctor and see what they think. A GI might want you to have an endoscopy to diagnose it and then they might put you on a PPI or an H2 blocker. I would go with an H2 blocker since there is literature out there linking PPIs to c diff.
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Re: Upper stomach pain 3 weeks after cdiff
I got gastritis as well, but also chronic pancreatitis.
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