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Reason For Weight Loss?

I was diagnosed with C. difficile in June, referred to an infectious disease specialist, and was involved with a blind drug test. My symptoms returned October, November , while I tested positive for C. difficile again, the infectious disease people say it is a false positive. I lost 20 pounds with the first diagnosis, have lost a further 10. I have swelling in my abdominal section, and also on the right side of my stomach. My doctor refuses to do anything without ruling out C. difficile
Fri, 12 Sep 2014
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Hi and thank you so much for this query.

I am so sorry to hear about this weight loss. If C diff has presented with the classical symptoms of persistent diarrhea, then this is the most likely cause of your weight loss. However, with swelling in the abdominal section, I will suggest that you doctors ignore Cdiff and examine you fully to identify the cause of these symptoms as they are not likely explained by Cdiff.


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Reason For Weight Loss?

Hi and thank you so much for this query. I am so sorry to hear about this weight loss. If C diff has presented with the classical symptoms of persistent diarrhea, then this is the most likely cause of your weight loss. However, with swelling in the abdominal section, I will suggest that you doctors ignore Cdiff and examine you fully to identify the cause of these symptoms as they are not likely explained by Cdiff. I hope this helps. I wish you well. Thank you so much for using our services and do feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be.