Experiences with

Gastrointestinal infections

Has anyone on here ever done stool testing through a company to find out various things like good bugs, bad bugs, inflammatory markers, leaky gut etc, and did it prove anything and was it worth it. I have been talking to a nutritionist who suggested stool testing, but I have heard its a waste of time

I'm utterly physically and mentally exhausted. Had lifelong IBS and had flare ups in the past but nothing like this! Got viral gastroenteritis on holiday 6 wks ago. Since then have spent 3wks in hospital with D&V trying to get on top of it, the pain and hydration. I've lost a stone and half. I'm being

I think I've had gastroenteritis. The dr reckons it's led to post infective IBS. I think I had Covid that started it. My poos are like yellow liquid at the mo. Tried live yoghurt today. What is gastroenteritis. poo like? How long did you have it for? What helped?

Is stomach pain common with IBS?If so, where do you feel the pain? I feel pain right in the center pit of my stomach... sometimes gnawing sensation, sometimes a cramping sensation Do you feel it there in the center pit of your stomach too?

I don't understand this stomach acid 'thing'. I take a proton pump inhibitor for high stomach acid but people insist that as you get older you're stomach acid reduce. I'm 79. Also that doctors erroneously mistake low stomach acid for high!! What is going on? Any thoughts

Hi all,I've been taking 1,sometimes 2 laxido sachets daily for the past 3 months and this has helped.My gastroenteritis has suggested swapping for prucalopride 1mg but this gives me all day stomach ache.My question is,is laxido safe to use daily long term?

Sorry for lengthy post I am new here. I started an antibiotics course (one week) Doxycycline on 24 April 2023 for throat infection and fever,as soon I finish it, I started having diarrhoea. That time I was in very stress and depression for another reason. It's been almost over 9 months now. Diarrhea

For over a week I have had some sort of stomach bug with awful pains in the lower stomach, causing loose stools, feeling chilled then hot, with a recurring headache. I contacted my doctor asking for urgent stool tests, as I am due to go on holiday to Spain next Monday, just in case it is a stomach bug

Last year I went through a bad phase with my bowels, had numerous doctor visits and blood/stool tests. The doctor said IBS again due to negative results and also based on my previous history of negative tests along with normal sigmoidoscopy. I've been having sporadic bad IBS flares which appear different

Currently at 4 mg prednisone. Started feeling sick 6 days ago and think this is much more than a cold (fever at about 100 F every day plus sinus congestion, dry cough and extreme fatigue). Fear it may be pneumonia as I'm way more miserable than I've ever been with a cold. Tested for COVID twice and

Hello. Two weeks back I was infected with Dengue Virus with fever and was hospitalised for 5 days. Due to continuous fever, the doctor stopped me the regular taking Arvast 10 mg Cholesterol lowering medicine. After I was discharged from hospital and I was followed up with doctor after one week of home

Finally, I have been diagnosed, Active non Bacterium Tuberculosis. Apparently had this over a year ! It's treatable and curable, TB must have become active just after the first Broncoscopy, PET scan didnt pick Up due to continued infection and inflammation., a further Broncoscopy last week picked

Hi I have been taking Nariparib for around a year. I am going to Thailand for Xmas and am booked in to get the hepatitis A, hep B, tetanus and typhoid jab. Does anyone know if it is safe for me to get these jabs? I’ve just read that I should avoid live vaccinations while on Nariparib….

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I just learned about the Epcoritimab trial. The results are extraordinary. We are moving closer to a functional cure. The author said that if we combine a btk inhibitor, bcl-2, and CAR T, we could be looking at a CURE. https://cllsociety.org/2024/10/solid-results-for-epcoritimab-for-relapsed-refractory-cll

morning all Feeling somewhat abandoned by my rheumatology department as no reply to my emails querying this…wondering if you guys can offer any advice. I’ve been sick with a non Covid virus this week temperatures and sore throat and one day fully in bed. Still not great. I was planning to get my three

Hi Peeps, I hope this post finds you as well as you can be today 😊 I have a question: I have sinusitis and can't shift it. I have Tocilizumab and Metoject injections weekly. Has anyone had antibiotics that shifts sinusitis? I know we're limited to which antibiotics we can take, but this is really

Hi everyone, I was wondering if Oral Rehydration Therapy can be used for some IBS patients and interestingly a study was done earlier this year. Please read the extracts from the article below and share your thoughts and experience if you have one. ======= New paradigm of oral rehydration in patients

Does anyone notice any arrhythmias with Otrivine or Sudafed nasal sprays? Trigger / ectopics etc?