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Sorry about the graphic nature of this but I have had severe nausea for a week accompanied by cramping in my gut and whitish mucus in stool.
Any thoughts about what it is and what to do?
I have been on orals for 8 months, IV for about 3 weekss now. Energy much better but nausea killin me (this has happened before I started treatment so I think it may be a herx symptom)
This problem cycles with my pain cycle.
Thanks for any guidance here. Kim
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I don't know too much about this but could it be C. Diff? I think the cramping and mucus are symptoms. I hope you get better responses, and I would check with the doc, pronto.
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Hey Human
You should really get this checked out. It could be an infection & then again I have heard mucus can also be a sign of yeast too.
Do you have the runs with it also? Sorry to ask such a personal question.
Hope you can feel better soon
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Thanks Sojo and Dana, I don't think it is C diff cause the stools are very firm/clay like. No diarhea at all-more on the other side.
I am thinking yeast cause my mouth is kinda sticky and gooey. (Sorry guys)
I am taking a theralac and at least a half dozen other probiotics. So nobody thinks this is realated to a herx-since it coinsides with my lyme symptoms?
Maybe the yeast cycles like Bb?
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I would pound down as many pro-biotics as posible right now and give your doc a ring.
I love the pro-biotic perals I've been taking. They are supposed to survive the stomach acid & be released in the intestines. Very inexspensive at vitacost.
You may want to ask about adding nystatin? Which doesn't impact the liver / are you still on the rocphen?
The only other thing I can suggest is try to stay as strict on the anti-yeast diet as possible.
I have noticed while herxing, I think my immune system is working so hard to get rid of the toxins - this is when I have noticed the most problems with yeast.
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Kim, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) definitely causes mucus in your stool and abdominal cramping. Of course the causes of IBS are multiple (leaky gut, food allergies, etc) and 75% of folks with Fibromyalgia also have IBS.
That is one potential cause of your problem. Ask your doc about IBS.
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A correction: Herxing does not cause me directly to have yeast problems.
While herxing my immune system is working double time to clear the toxins and kill the enemy. I just don't think it can keep up fighting off the yeast.
herxing is not a direct cause of cause my yeast problems-but indirectly impacts it.
*This is just a personal theory from my experiences.
p.s. Ask your doc first- nystatin doesn't impact the liver like diflucan & I think you can take it with rocephin
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Abdominal pain/cramping, nausea, and pus in the stool (which can look a lot like mucous) can be signs of liver trouble -- a true risk after months on abx.
A few other warning signs of drug-induced hepatitis -- clay colored/light stools, itchiness, fatigue, muscle or joint aches (yes, I know we *all* have those all the time), dark urine, low grade fever, jaundice --- some folks have only a few of these, though.
Please call your doc and have this checked out!
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According to my Great Smokies Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis report:
quote:The presence of mucus or pus can be an indication of irritable bowel syndrome, intestinal wall inflammation caused by infection, diverticulitis, or intestinal abscess.
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Hey human
Sorry to hear about the flare. Maybe this is a good sign that the tx is hitting bb. I do empathize in that its very hard to herx & get past the symptoms flaring
glad you are calling your doc.
I heard from other post's that taking pepto bismal may have some effect in helping to kill bb in the gut. You may want to run this by your doc too.
I take 2 pepto tabs at night one week a month. And do notice a die off pattern.
Hope you can feel better soon.
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