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tickalert
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 7033

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I've had C Diff for a very long time and finally started feeling a little better.

I've been battling a sinus infection for 6 weeks with out any antibiotics.

I used alternative things to beat the sinus infection which has been unsuccessful.

At this point I feel that I need an antibiotic however I'm afraid of what might happen with C Diff.

Any ideas?

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Lymetoo
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Member # 743

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Buy some colloidal silver nasal spray. It usually helps ward off sinus infections for me.

If yours is not REAL bad it may still work.

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tickalert
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 7033

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I tried it with no results. I beleive I waited to long.

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kimmie
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Member # 25547

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Bactrim is least likely to cause c diff, its a low offender for c diff and I have taken it without issus since my c diff. Also taken a z pack without problems...lots of probiotics.

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Lymetoo
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Member # 743

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Be sure you have some saccromyces boulardii and plenty of probiotics if you have to get back on abx.

and follow the diet

[group hug]

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TF
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 14183

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I have had C diff now for 2 months. I got it from treating a serious sinus infection with various antibiotics for 10 months. (It was MRSA plus 2 other serious infections.)

The docs have told me that antibiotics squirted up the nose are less likely to cause C diff as compared to antibiotics taken orally.

So, see an ENT and they will order antibiotics that you use either in a nebulizer or in an atomizer.

Then, be sure you are taking lots of good probiotics and Florastor and drinking kefir. Also, suggest the anti-yeast diet.

I got the C diff when the ENT got frustrated and prescribed a very, very high dose of Augmentin for me--oral. It was 4,000 mg per day.

I got the C diff after that. Prior to that, I was on mostly antibiotics that I breathed in or squirted into my nose with an atomizer.

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CherylSue
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 13077

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Use Florastor, a good probiotic. Expensive, but will help ward off Cdiff.

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