Patients with IBD more likely to die from C-Diff...

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My bum is broken....there's a big crack down the middle of it!  LOL  :)

Well, that's scary... but, good to know. Thanks for the info.

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23 years old
Diagnosed with UC March 2007
Current inflamation in the rectum
Asacol 4 tablets 3x/day

I'm a C.Diff Survivor. it was very painful; much worse than a UC flare. And the smell was awful.

One of the easiest ways to get C.diff is by taking Anti-biotics.

--Keith

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DX'd with Pan-Colitis June 2005

Um - gulp - yikes!

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Pan-colitis and GERD diagnosed May 2003

 

Asacol 12 per day,  Azathioprine 75mg, Rowasa and Canasa as needed

Aciphex, Effexor XR, BCP, Rhinocort nasal spray

Culturelle, Biotin, Folic Acid, Forvia, Calcium, and B12

 

Osteopenia (hip and spine) from prednisone use.  Started Azathioprine because I was steroid dependent.

 

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I got to thinking - I know - scary! - but I wonder if this is true because as IBDers we're "used" to having D, etc and they let the infection progress further than a non-IBDer would???

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Pan-colitis and GERD diagnosed May 2003

 

Asacol 12 per day,  Azathioprine 75mg, Rowasa and Canasa as needed

Aciphex, Effexor XR, BCP, Rhinocort nasal spray

Culturelle, Biotin, Folic Acid, Forvia, Calcium, and B12

 

Osteopenia (hip and spine) from prednisone use.  Started Azathioprine because I was steroid dependent.

 

Co-Mod for the UC forum

Keep HealingWell running smoothly:  www.healingwell.com/donate

Now they tell me. I just got over a case of C. difficile about 1 ½ months ago. I really didn’t feel any different. The only difference was that I went from 8 or 9 BMs per day to 5 or 6 after treatment.

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To Paul L,

Could it be that you weren't responding to anything because of the C difficile this whole time?

Horus, I’m sorry I didn’t reply sooner but we went away for the long weekend. Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day here in Canada.

No I do not think that C. difficile had any effect on me not responding to any treatments. Because I was in two different clinical studies over the last two years I have been tested for C. difficile and other things many many times. about 2 months ago was the first and only time it came back positive. In fact for my current study I am tested just before every treatment. My doctor and I have determined that a round of antibiotics I took for an infection unrelated to UC last May and June was most likely the cause of my C. difficile. At that time I was off all UC meds until I entered the current study a month ago.

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