Comments on: Deadly Gut Bug on the Rise: Should You Worry?

By: maren

maren — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:20:51 +0000

I need help! my father is stuck in methodist hospital in st lois park mn. he has c-diff and it is not improving. I know the cause and the medical establishment is not on board w/fecal transplant( a low cost treatment, that simply puts back the friendly bactereia depleated by over use of antibiotics) his initial issue was having a blood disorder..myoplastic anemia, treated w/ transfusions monthly starting aproximately 1.5 yrs ago. he has been in the hospital fighting this c-diff since late november. please help me find a physiscian that can do this fecal transplant in the twin cities/mpls-stpaul minnesota. c-diff needs to be rid of beofre any further procedure can be done about the blood issue. please respond to motomarmar@gmail.com

By: Margie

Margie — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:18:33 +0000

I recently was put on the anti-biotic Cipro without even getting cultured by my Dr. I presented with diareah for a week and a half. They did a blood test, they told me to see if it was bacterial. Meanwhile they put me on Cipro. The bloods came back normal, but I had to finish a whole course of Cipro which was not easy. They told me that it was probably viral. I asked if Cipro treated virals, and they said yes. I looked it up online and it said no. I’m writing this to let others know not to let your Dr. just put you on a powerful anti-biotic without first doing a culture. They didn’t even want to do a stool test when I suggested it. I have no idea what I had. I just hope it doesn’t come back.