CDC: Deadly bacterial illness may be spreading

The Houston Chronicle ^ | Dec. 1, 2005 | MIKE STOBBE

[neverdem]

CDC: Clostridium difficile Frequently Asked Questions About A New Strain Of Clostridium Difficile (July 2005)

[epow]

Oh no! I just finished a 10-day course of Clindamycin (sp?) prescribed by my dentist for an abscessed tooth. I am still eating lots of yogurt to restock my gut with good bacteria, but that c-diff stuff sounds like it's impervious to everything. Oh boy, what have I gotten myself into this time?

[little jeremiah]

Try acidophilous, many people consider it's even better at repopulating the gut.

[Senator Goldwater]

"It is spread by spores in feces."

Charming.

[metmom]

Make sure the yogurt has live bacteria. You'd be surprised how much of it is pasteurized.

[al baby]

"It is spread by spores in feces."
Charming


Liberals?

[Itzlzha]

After any length of time taking antibiotics, I also recommend doing a Candia cleanse...since this yeast will grow and take over after you have killed off your natural Flora.

It is nasty, and can cause a whole host of problems.

Do a web search for cleanse products, and follow the regimen. It's rough, but you will dfeel better that you have in a long time, and a nice side effect is weight loss.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Bump....

[rose]

Kefir is very good.

[endthematrix]

"Clostridium difficile, also known as C-diff"

New MTV gangsta rapper?

[sefarkas]

Get a grip. Who posts this stuff?

Population of Canada: 32,805,041 (July 2005 est.)
Population of U.S. 295,734,134 (July 2005 est.)
(http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)

I'll leave out Mexico to be conservative.

33/(32x10^6 + 296x10^6) =~ 1E-7 (one in 10 million) since 2003, 8 died ... one in a hundred million per year

Aren't there more important things to ponder?

[neverdem]

I am still eating lots of yogurt to restock my gut with good bacteria, but that c-diff stuff sounds like it's impervious to everything. Oh boy, what have I gotten myself into this time?

If you get the sh!tz, tell your doc and get tested for C-diff. toxin. If positive, then take metronidazole, aka Flagyl. Check the link in comment 1.

[neverdem]

Aren't there more important things to ponder?

Not particularly, if your interested in microbiology and drug resistant microbes. That's why the CDC has the link in comment 1. I guess you didn't read it. Here's another. [Life-threatening infections with a new strain of Clostridium difficile]

[Judith Anne]

C-diff is a lot more prevalent than that, and people die every day from it.

[LauraleeBraswell]

""Try acidophilous, many people consider it's even better at repopulating the gut. ""


When I was in 4th grade, I threw up EVERY DAY before school. I couldn't eat breakfast, I'd wake up with stomach pains and eventually I'd get sick. It was terrible. We went to the doctor- she thought I was doing it on purpose. My parents were getting fed up, and I was just miserable.

Then my dad discovered acidophiles. Oh my God, that stuff is amazing. I got some pills and within 3 days I stopped throwing up.

[metmom]

I know I have yeast problems cause I feel better when I go on a low carb diet (not NO carb) I can tell the difference when I eat anything with sugar in it. The problem is that it seems that I am allergic to something in yogurt. I've made my own goat milk yogurt and break out when I eat more than a couple tablespoons of it soI'm a bit apprehensive about taking acidophilus capsules or tablets. However, I try to keep my kids on it as much as possible. Of my three kids, the one on the antibiotics the earliest has the worst allergies and my youngest, who's only had them a couple times, is the healthiest. If only I could go back in time, knowing what I know now. Now we try to wait it out.

[txhurl]

I'm thinking you meant Candida..

The way to kill off yeast is to drink much (fresh as possible) grapefruit juice, secondarily cranberry. Acidifying your PH renders your body hostile to yeast, which needs an alkaline environment. Think: there is no such thing as orange wine or lime or lemon or cranberry wine, etc.

When I was 15 playing soccer (both before and after school) I got hooked on Dunkin' Donuts coffee, and drank barrels, and developed quite the yeast infection. Ick-ee.

[chuckles]

Also, there are Probiotics that have more than just acidophilous in them. Go to CVS and ask for Probiotics for Crohn's or IBS. My daughter takes them for Crohn's and it has made a world of difference.

[metmom]

You know what I think is also sometimes misdagnosed as Crohn's or Irritable Bowel? Food allergies. I know a woman who started going into anaphylactic shock over a food she couldn't ID. She knew it was something common but until she got tested, didn't realise it was WHEAT! When I asked her if she had any symptoms (because it's rare to all of a sudden develop this out of the blue) she said yeah, that she had been having nausea, vomitting, and intestinal problems for years and it had been diagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome. She never got the hives type reaction.

[Lazamataz]

that c-diff stuff sounds like it's impervious to everything.

Here's some C-diff advancing on your internal organs right now.