The biggest risk factor for infection by C. difficile is being on antibiotics and during the month after being on antibiotics.
Getting over and recovering from C. difficile takes around 2 weeks after you start taking antibiotics.
Some people become infected again with C. difficile and need additional treatment.
The dangers of Clostridium difficile are dehydration from diarrhea and loss of fluids due to diarrhea, low blood pressure and a condition called toxic megacolon and colon perforation and sometimes even death in some cases.
You can use the same toilet as someone with C. diff but if you do you should always disinfect the toilet seat after the person with C. diff uses it.
Also spray down toilet flush handles, lids, seats, sink handles doorknobs with some disinfecting spray to kill off any bacteria.
The stool color for C. difficile can be yellow or green in color and have a watery consistency or diarrhea and may have a strong odor and sometimes with the presence of blood or mucus in the poop.
The 2 signs of clostridioides difficile include watery diarrhea which can sometimes be bloody and painful stomach cramps.
Other signs of clostridioides difficile include feeling sick, loss of appetite and weight loss, fever above 100.4 f and feeling or being dehydrated which includes peeing less often than normal, headaches and dry mouth.
Clostridium difficile is the inflammation of the colon that is caused by the bacteria known as Clostridium difficile.
Clostridium difficile colitis infection results from disruption of normal healthy bacteria in the colon, often from antibiotics. C. difficile can also be transmitted from person to person by spores.
It can also cause severe damage to the colon and even be fatal.
Symptoms of clostridium difficile include diarrhea, belly pain, and fever.
Treatment for clostridium difficile includes antibiotics.
Even when treated with antibiotics, the clostridium difficile infection may come back.
In rare cases, fecal transplant or surgery may be needed.
You are more likely to get a C. diff infection if you take antibiotics for more than a week. C. diff spreads when people touch food, surfaces, or objects that are contaminated with feces (poop) from a person who has C.
Frequent, foul smelling, watery stools characterize mild cases of C. difficile disease.
More severe symptoms, indicative of pseudomembranous colitis, include diarrhea that contains blood and mucous and abdominal cramps.
C. diff spores are very hard to kill, both inside and outside of your intestines.
They're resistant to heat, acid and many antibiotics and disinfectants.
They can also survive for months on surfaces.
An infection with the Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) bacteria may cause sweet-smelling poop or diarrhea, which some people describe as having a “ horse barn odor .”