# Was this food poisoning or ??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-food-poisoning-or/786025>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 6, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-food-poisoning-or/786025 "2017-05-06T19:43:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-food-poisoning-or/786025/41 "2017-05-18T20:50:03Z")

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> [@Sunny\_Daze](#):
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> Nope, it isn’t norovirus (I’m the OP). It’s colitis, cause still unknown. 2 weeks or so into this now, no end (ha!) in sight.

Two weeks!?!:eek:  
What did your MD say?

Ask about a course of powerful probiotics.

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-food-poisoning-or/786025/42 "2017-05-19T21:19:09Z")

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After lots of tests (and, boy howdy, collecting multiple stool samples is fun!) it turns out that I have _C. Diff_. I was supposed to have the colonoscopy today and had completed all of the prep :mad: when they called and told me the news. No colonoscopy, and starting anti-biotics.

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**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-food-poisoning-or/786025/43 "2017-05-19T21:42:04Z")

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> [@Sunny\_Daze](#):
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> After lots of tests (and, boy howdy, collecting multiple stool samples is fun!) it turns out that I have _C. Diff_. I was supposed to have the colonoscopy today and had completed all of the prep :mad: when they called and told me the news. No colonoscopy, and starting anti-biotics.

Hooray for something that can be treated and then be done! Now you can get better while [bleaching the heck out of every hard surface in your home](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium_difficile_infection#Infection_control).

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-food-poisoning-or/786025/44 "2017-05-19T23:16:50Z")

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Yay? Hopefully I’ll get some energy back in a day or two and I can tackle that fun project.

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**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-food-poisoning-or/786025/45 "2017-05-20T15:19:19Z")

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One thing you (and everyone reading) can do starting today is to prevent spread of C. Diff by simply closing the toilet lid before flushing every time. That’s why they do that in dr’s offices and hospitals (or should be doing if they know proper protocols). It’s one of the freest and easiest methods of prevention.

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