nausea after c-diff

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MelanieW
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nausea after c-diff

Postby MelanieW » Tue May 04, 2010 9:49 pm

OK. I am sure this has been discussed many times on this site but since I am unsure of where an individual is in their stage of the "beast", I decided to just ask outright.

I have been off meds for 16 days. I am having nausea that begins in the mornings (sometimes the wee hours - it wakes me) and lasts until mid to late afternoon. Has anyone else had this? I am taking anti nausea meds which only take the edge off. This started on day 12 of being off the meds. I truly believe I still have it....I have had 3 stool tests all negative but I know that 2 of those were handled totally wrong....(sat at doc's off for about 5 hours before being taken to the lab).

Thanks in advance!
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Postby cindym » Wed May 05, 2010 12:39 am

Melanie- the fact you have been off meds this long without any other symptoms than nausea is a good sign. I have struggled with nausea for a long time and never been able to be off meds for more than 5-6 days without the violent p.colitis hitting me. I think it is normal (in my opinion) to experience nausea while your flora is trying to readjust to normal living again. I would give it some time as long as other symptoms are not popping up. Gingerale really helps (through a straw in small sips) and phenergan is a life saver. In the beginning they gave me phenergan and zofran together and it did not help. Hang in there!
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Postby pwood62 » Wed May 05, 2010 12:05 pm

I agree wtih Cindy! Plus I think you are taking alot of Probiotics. Florastor in particular made me very nauseated. I think the gut is just trying to re-adjust and this is all normal.
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Postby Hua Kul » Wed May 05, 2010 9:16 pm

MelanieW, none of us is qualified to diagnose an illness, but I want to let you know that nausea is a classic symptom of a cdiff infection of the cecum, the pouch to which the appendix attaches, located just before the ascending colon. This causes D in only about 6% of cases. A few weeks ago I was discussing this with a friend who's young son had recovered from cdiff, but subsequently began to suffer from debilitating nausea, to the point where he could not attend school.

--Hua Kul
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MelanieW
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Postby MelanieW » Wed May 05, 2010 10:05 pm

You guys are awesome! Thanks so much for your comments and suggestions!!
Melanie
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