Advice Please?

[Flor]

Hi all,

Has anyone here had to deal with taking antibiotics while recovering from gut damage due to celiac disease?

I have an acute sinus and eye infection that I need treatment for...but I am terrified that taking the antibiotics will undo all the healing over the last three years and encourage candida growth that will cause new gut damage.

Does anyone have advice or experience with this issue?

Thanks!

[ravenwoodglass]

What my family usually does is to make sure we eat yogurt while we are on the antibiotics. That seems to help keep the gut in balance and we don't get the D that so often comes from taking them. Also make sure that the antibiotic is gluten-free of course.

[blueeyedmanda]

For my sinus infections I usually get the Z-pak. I tried Cipro two months ago but it didn't sit well so I switched to the Z-pak.

I have a penicillin allergy--where if I come in contact with it my airway closes off. So I am only allowed certain meds.

[jerseyangel]

I'm alergic to most antibiotics, but when absolutely needed I use the Z-Pak. I get the name brand, which I know is gluten-free.

[Mtndog]

I would eat yogurt or take probiotics. Open Original Shared Link. It's the best one I've found (I'm on long-term antibiotics for Lyme).