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Suggest Treatment For Weakness And Cough While Suffering From C. Difficile

My husband just got out of a skilled nursing home where he got c Diff. Before that he was in the hospital with pneumonia , possibly his ulcers acting up and a slight heart attack. He was getting better then he won t eat he is going to have a endoscopy. All he usually has are liquids. he is weak, very cold and has a very bad cough to me it sounds like it is coming from his chest. We are suppose to have a VA nurse come tomorrow. All he want s to do is sleep mostly. If it costs I will have to wait until the nurse comes as I cannot afford more bills as he was in the Hospital for 2 1/2 weeks having tests, seeing different Doctors. He then went to the skilled nursing home all I will have to pay for there is all the Doctors he saw and there were many. He came home then after a little less than a week we had to take him back to the hospital. .
Mon, 10 Nov 2014
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Clostridium difficile is a bacteria that is normally present in small amounts in our gastrointestinal tract but there are other beneficial bacteria present alongwith. When antibiotics are given as in the hospital, the beneficial bacteria die out and all that is left is the C. difficile which then cause diarrhoea. Usually it subsides in 5-7 days. Giving curd or yogurt helps as it contains beneficial bacteria. Alternatively, you can give probiotics and prebiotics like Econorm or vizylac which will take care of C.difficile.
Our body is made of protein and for the repair and healing process, adequate protein intake in the form of food is required. There is no alternative for that. Just give him a wholesome diet if he can take it, and gradually his weakness will go away. You may give ORS to prevent dehydration due to loss of salts and water.
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Suggest Treatment For Weakness And Cough While Suffering From C. Difficile

Clostridium difficile is a bacteria that is normally present in small amounts in our gastrointestinal tract but there are other beneficial bacteria present alongwith. When antibiotics are given as in the hospital, the beneficial bacteria die out and all that is left is the C. difficile which then cause diarrhoea. Usually it subsides in 5-7 days. Giving curd or yogurt helps as it contains beneficial bacteria. Alternatively, you can give probiotics and prebiotics like Econorm or vizylac which will take care of C.difficile. Our body is made of protein and for the repair and healing process, adequate protein intake in the form of food is required. There is no alternative for that. Just give him a wholesome diet if he can take it, and gradually his weakness will go away. You may give ORS to prevent dehydration due to loss of salts and water.