My mom is 103 years old and has dcef. This is the third bout she has had and has been put on flagyl 500 mg. this seems to be to strong of a medicine for her age. She has just gotten off a strong medicine 9days ago for this which was strong also. Seems to keep reoccuring
Hello, I understand your concern. I am Chat Doctor, infectious disease specialist, answering your concern. If I am not wrong you are talking about c def and not d CEF. C. difficile is the bacteria causing infection in the gut of the patient who is taking a antibiotic for long period. C. def causes diarrhea in delimited patient like your mom. Many a times bacteria present as communal flora and not cause any symptoms but if the symptoms occurs than treatment is necessary. In the first step it is necessary to stop injudicious use of broad spectrum antibiotics. You can take lactic acid bacilli spore under your doctors' guidance. It helps the growth of the communal bacteria which further stops the growth of C.difficile infection. In severe cases you can take the Combination of Vancomycin and Metronidazole under your doctors' guidance. I will be happy to answer your further concern you can contact me here, or you can contact me on bit.ly/ Chat Doctor.  Thank you, ChatDoctor