Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea
by Dr John HooksEstimated delivery 3-12 business days
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Description
Antibiotic-related diarrhea describes common, watery bowel movements (diarrhea) that occur in reaction to medications used to treat bacterial infections (antibiotics).
Most usually, antibiotic-associated diarrhea is moderate and clears up shortly once you stop taking the antibiotic. But in some cases, antibiotic-associated diarrhea ends in colitis, an infection of your colon, or a more severe shape of colitis called pseudomembranous colitis. Each can cause stomach pain, fever and bloody diarrhea.
Slight antibiotic-associated diarrhea may not require remedy. Greater critical antibiotic-related diarrhea can also require preventing or switching antibiotic medicines.
Signs and symptoms
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea can cause signs and symptoms that variety from slight to extreme.
Not unusual signs and signs
For most people, antibiotic-related diarrhea reasons mild signs and symptoms, along with:
Loose stools
Greater-common bowel movements
Antibiotic-related diarrhea is probably to start approximately per week once you start the antibiotic remedy. Sometimes, but, diarrhea and different symptoms won't seem for days or even weeks after you've completed antibiotic remedy
