[goodnesswins]

Hmmmmm

[Andonius_99]

sounds like a pretty $hitty disease to get...

[Slings and Arrows]

[Grammy]

See response by 60Gunner here.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022554/posts

[count-your-change]

All wisdom comes from K ST. Washington, D.C.

[swampdweller]

[aft_lizard]

Maybe that is what I had not too long ago. I thought I had giardia or some bacteria but when I finally decided to go see the Doc it upped and cleared on me after 10 days. It was the diet of dits though, lost 12 pounds and could barely eat anything except for bland foods and electrolyte drinks like gatorade and smart water.

[vetvetdoug]

C. diff is causing diarrhea outbreaks in dog boarding facilities. We opened a brand new boarding facility and noted that dogs were developing diarrhea almost 48 hours after coming in...I sent off a C/S for pathogen analysis and found out it was C. diff...We now disinfect every cage and run with Vircom when a dog goes out. C. diff is almost impossible to get rid of in a facility. At least we ID’d the problem..there are a good many facilities that haven't a clue on what is going on.

[Spacemonkey1023]

Ay, yi yi, more mountains out of molehills. Aside from the fact that they got their facts wrong, colitis simply means inflammation, which can be caused by plenty of things. C. diff causes PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS colitis, which is as previously mentioned a really bad diarrhea. Everybody has this bug in their guts, it's normal. The one thing that the article got right was that yes, when an antibiotic disrupts the natural balance of bacteria in the body they can overgrow, but even if that happens, the diarrhea may not necessarily be C. diff. It's an incredibly well known complication and even second year medical students know what to look for. Fact is, it's usually our first thought with new onset diarrhea in a hospitalized patient. And treating it isn't some big mystery. Stop the antibiotic you were giving in the first place, then start Flagyl, and if that doesn't work, vancomycin. No secret techniques there. And of course it's going to be resistant to some antibiotics, they're not all designed to kill every bacteria, they don't work that way.

Frankly, I think the reason that the incidence has been increasing is the culture of CYA in medicine. Clinically, I can know that you'll be fine in a few days, but to be on the safe side and look like I'm doing something- and avoid a lawsuit- I prescribe an antibiotic. Won't do anything but you feel better, and whoops, now you have C. diff.