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  1. Michael Briggs
    I've removed all gluten and oats (both him and me). His led GI says she has actually seen symptoms like his before with c diff. I still think the wheat and oats Plays A role with what's going on, but I think it may be that the initial immune response enabled the c diff to come back.
  2. Michael Briggs
    For about a year I'm guessing. I think he probably started having wheat at around 18 months of age, and oats around a year. He had a little wheat Once two weeks ago, along with gluten free oats that day and the following. Then his stools got mushy, so we took him back off oats and wheat for a week. Last Friday and Saturday morning he had oats, and Saturday...
  3. Michael Briggs
    I think with some probiotics that may be the case, but some have been shown to be extremely beneficial to take while on antibiotics, such as Clostridium Butyricum Miyairi. See Open Original Shared Link It is a spore forming clostridia like c diff, but it does not produce toxins - except one that inhibits the growth of c diff, since they are competitors...
  4. Michael Briggs
    Ugh, this is nerve racking. He had a normal stool this morning, but then two very mucusy ones later. He started the antibiotics two nights ago, so today was his second full day on them. Is this too soon to expect to see results? Also, in wondering if giving him lots of probiotics might interfere with the antibiotics some, by giving them more bacteria to...
  5. Michael Briggs
    Thanks for the replies everyone. The part that still is very weird to me is how he oscillates from one normal day to one day with mucus stools. Since that kept happening, we decided to go ahead and treat him with antibiotics for the C Diff, while giving him gobs of probiotics to help keep it from coming back, and also to protect his microbiota. In case anyone...
  6. Michael Briggs
    Can someone please help me understand if this is more likely to be from c diff or testing him on wheat and oats? Apparently current guideline day not to retest patients for c diff because they will test positive for the toxin for months afterwards, no matter what. He hasn't had the classic c diff symptoms of water diarrhea or abdominal pain. He was fine until...
  7. Michael Briggs
    Has he been tested for low stomach acid, or low enzyme production? Low levels of those can slow digestion, as week as promoting small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, which can cause the distention. Have you tried giving him enzymes and betaine HCl, or digestive bitters to promote production of stomach acid and enzymes? See Open Original Shared Link
  8. Michael Briggs
    Back around late October, my son had a stomach flu. After that, he kept having intermittent soft stools with yellowish mucus. He would have normal stools for a day or two, then the mucus for a day or two. We had most stool tested, and he tested positive for c diff. But, apparently about 30% of kids his age (2) carry it. Since his issues weren't real severe...
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