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After Clindamycin induced my C-diff, and the latency time for it coming back after taking Flagyl became shorter and shorter, I managed to stop the bloody diarrhea overnight by taking Bio-K. All symptoms were gone and normal digestion returned after a week of taking Bio-K daily. This, after losing 30 lb in less than a month, due to the fact that anything I ate would leave undigested after only a few hours.
I continued taking Bio-K for the next month, whether I needed it or not, because anything was better than shtting blood and feeling like you were going to die.
I was given Clindamycin after having my wisdom teeth extracted because I am allergenic to penicillin. My growing adverse reaction to Flagyl was later identified as developing an allergic response too. Taking more antibiotics to kill the C-diff bacteria just knocked out more of the opposing bacteria. As C-diff forms spores that cling to your gut wall when under chemical attack, it is the first bacteria to regrow after antibiotic treatment stops. Because it then recolonizes unopposed, C-diff takes over in such large numbers that the corrosive toxins it produces erode the gut wall, causing a range of very unpleasant symptoms.
Bio-K is basically turbo charged yogurt. So very low risk of adverse reaction. There are soy based versions for people who want to avoid milk based products: https://www.biokplus.com/en_ca/scientific-studies
The medical profession's response to this well understood antibiotic induced problem was more antibiotics. Then when that failed, more anti biotics.
I researched how I got into the trouble in the first place. The answer was that all the beneficial gut bacteria opposing c-diff has been eliminated by the antibiotics; allowing C-diff to grow out of control. My naive, non-medically trained response was, "then, put them back" in overwhelming numbers. That is what I managed with the Bio-K. By myself.
So, I achieved what the doctors could not. Not because they lack access to information, but because they treat symptoms rather than causes. For those whose C-diff has advanced to toxic megacolon. "No problem, we can save your life by surgically removing your colon". Cha ching. So, if my attitude seems crappy, this is why.
More recently, when some doctors asked what chain of events caused C-diff, and how that could be reversed, they ended up with a primitive, but very effective treatment: Fecal transplant. It is 95+% effective, overnight. While this sounds gross, consider that if you are willing to accept another person's blood injected into your veins; why would you fear their digested intestinal contents being injected into yours? Usually, the donor is a healthy family member or trusted friend, rather than a complete stranger.
I continued taking Bio-K for the next month, whether I needed it or not, because anything was better than shtting blood and feeling like you were going to die.
Nearly half a million Americans suffer from C. difficile infections in single year. An estimated 15,000 deaths are directly attributable to C. difficile infections, making it a substantial cause of infectious disease death in the United States.
Bio-K is basically turbo charged yogurt. So very low risk of adverse reaction. There are soy based versions for people who want to avoid milk based products: https://www.biokplus.com/en_ca/scientific-studies
The medical profession's response to this well understood antibiotic induced problem was more antibiotics. Then when that failed, more anti biotics.
I researched how I got into the trouble in the first place. The answer was that all the beneficial gut bacteria opposing c-diff has been eliminated by the antibiotics; allowing C-diff to grow out of control. My naive, non-medically trained response was, "then, put them back" in overwhelming numbers. That is what I managed with the Bio-K. By myself.
So, I achieved what the doctors could not. Not because they lack access to information, but because they treat symptoms rather than causes. For those whose C-diff has advanced to toxic megacolon. "No problem, we can save your life by surgically removing your colon". Cha ching. So, if my attitude seems crappy, this is why.
More recently, when some doctors asked what chain of events caused C-diff, and how that could be reversed, they ended up with a primitive, but very effective treatment: Fecal transplant. It is 95+% effective, overnight. While this sounds gross, consider that if you are willing to accept another person's blood injected into your veins; why would you fear their digested intestinal contents being injected into yours? Usually, the donor is a healthy family member or trusted friend, rather than a complete stranger.
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