Does C. Diff. or Vancomycin Cause Acne?

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LHutz
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Does C. Diff. or Vancomycin Cause Acne?

Postby LHutz » Sun Feb 10, 2019 2:07 am

I finished Vancomycin treatment about 7 weeks ago and since then I have been experiencing terrible acne. I’m a 38 year old man and I’m breaking out like I did when I was a teenager. Is there any relation between C. Diff and/or Vancomycin and acne? Has anybody else experienced this? Any tips for getting rid of it?
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beth22
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Re: Does C. Diff. or Vancomycin Cause Acne?

Postby beth22 » Sun Feb 10, 2019 3:14 am

People have posted about it here before. I think any serious infection can cause this. Not sure how - maybe the stress, maybe lowering the immune system. I would check with a dermatologist, but whatever you do, don't use anything that has clindamycin in it. That is often prescribed topically for acne, but when I used it years ago, before c diff, I got D from it and stopped.


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