Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis Support Group

Crohn's disease is a systemic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown cause, that results in chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, and can also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract. There is no known medical or surgical cure for Crohn's disease, but there are many medical...

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clostridium difficile

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Anyone know anything on the bacteria caused by antibiotic use? If one was diagnosed with colitis, could they have this bacterial infection instead or does it go hand in hand? Anyone ever experience this? What did you do? How did you feel?
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I have crohn's and also have suffered from c diff. I guess it is possible to have this instead of colitis, but for me I think they are interrelated, although it is too soon to tell

So far I have been hospitalized twice for c diff, which starts out as a stomach ache, turns to nausea, then leaves me vomiting, having diarrhea, and in severe pain for at least six hours. The vomiting and diarrhea usually subside by then, but I am still in lots of stomach pain. By then I get to the hospital and get put on fluids, cipro and flagyl. I usually can't eat for a few days and when I get out I still don't feel so great.

The worst thing about this is the pain and the fact that it can come on so suddenly.
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