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> ... 3 rounds of flagyl and a round of vancomicin
> and can’t get rid of her c-dif infection.

If you haven’t been told about FMT, look into it. People wouldn’t even consider it, except that it works.

Entirely apart from the problem of eliminating the c-dif, the antibiotics to date will have nuked all the beneficial gut bacteria (and this is a huge problem for modern societies generally). The importance of the gut biome is only beginning to be appreciated (and pretty much ignored by consensus medicine, as is the case for almost anything to do with nutrition - they get less than 20 classroom hours on the topic, reinforced by zero questions on their Boards).

If the child is not taking probiotics (active gut bacteria), it’s worth a try. But be sure the diet includes lots of prebiotics (aka resistant starches) to feed the new bugs. Ignore room-temp store shelf probiotics - they usually have CFU counts that were way too low at packaging, and mostly dead at the register. Get a PB from the pharmacy fridge (or mail order VSL#3, which is shipped with ice packs in insulation).

Also, avoid foods that feed c-diff and aggravate intestinal problems. Switch to a low net carb, low inflammatory, higher RS fiber diet: increase n3 fats, zero grains, zero added simple sugars, zero grain oils ... the new book “Wheat Belly Total Health” (Davis) seems to be the state of the art on how to eat (and is about vastly more than just the hazards of the novel grass seed sold to us as “wheat”).

Thanks. Can you give some examples of resistant starches, n3 fats, and higher-RS-fiber diet?

I have diabetes and more and more it seems like the solution to everything is to just never eat. - now for my daughter too.

It’s looking possible that this resistant c-dif may have come from contaminated meat. I just learned today that c-dif is NOT a natural bacteria in the gut; it comes from somewhere else but is largely able to overgrow and take over everything when antibiotics wipe out the natural flora that normally keeps things in check. The antibiotic-resistant strain creates 20 times the normal toxins, which eat away the mucosal lining of the colon. Since she finished the vancomicin she’s had a LOT of mucus, and it sounds now like yesterday it may have been more than the mucosal lining involved. When she had the colonoscopy 2 months ago the colon walls looked fine, the dr said.