Re: How to stop diarrhea after antibiotic?

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Fiber can help to firm up stool.

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:23 PM, iflow97 <iflow97@...> wrote:

>

>

> I had to give my son an antibiotic for a very bad UTI - which D Mannose

> could not seem to knock out. The specially compounded abx - sulfameth I

> believe - was given for 7 days. I gave him lots of probiotics - 4 Culturelle

> a day, and 250 billion cfus of a Klaire probiotic during this time many

> hours away from the abx. It seemed to keep gut issues at bay - until day 7,

> when he got the trots. I gave some extra probiotics and it is 2 days later

> since he is off the abx and he is not eating well, and is still having loose

> bowel - in fact he requested a pull up because he knows his stomach and

> bowels are not right. What else can I do to help normalize things? I can't

> afford to give much more probiotic than I am currently. But I will if I have

> to. What else can I do to firm up his stools and repair his gut? Before this

> his gut was so good. This is only the second antibiotic he has ever had in

> his life - he is five now and had one at age 20 mos before starting biomed.

> We haven't done a round in two weeks because of the UTI. We want to do a

> round this weekend, but we need to get his gut better first.

>

> I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks. Irene

>

> I

>

>

>

--

Arun Sood

[Guest guest]

The most-used diarrhea remedy in Europe is FloraStor, which is saccharomyces

boulardii. This is a " good " yeast that helps knock out the bad.

Dean

Re: [ ] How to stop diarrhea after antibiotic?

Fiber can help to firm up stool.

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:23 PM, iflow97 <iflow97@...> wrote:

>

>

> I had to give my son an antibiotic for a very bad UTI - which D Mannose

> could not seem to knock out. The specially compounded abx - sulfameth I

> believe - was given for 7 days. I gave him lots of probiotics - 4

Culturelle

> a day, and 250 billion cfus of a Klaire probiotic during this time many

> hours away from the abx. It seemed to keep gut issues at bay - until day

7,

> when he got the trots. I gave some extra probiotics and it is 2 days later

> since he is off the abx and he is not eating well, and is still having

loose

> bowel - in fact he requested a pull up because he knows his stomach and

> bowels are not right. What else can I do to help normalize things? I can't

> afford to give much more probiotic than I am currently. But I will if I

have

> to. What else can I do to firm up his stools and repair his gut? Before

this

> his gut was so good. This is only the second antibiotic he has ever had in

> his life - he is five now and had one at age 20 mos before starting

biomed.

> We haven't done a round in two weeks because of the UTI. We want to do a

> round this weekend, but we need to get his gut better first.

>

> I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks. Irene

>

> I

>

>

>

--

Arun Sood

[Guest guest]

Or a regular dose of probiotics, " good bacteria " .

TJ

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From: Dean <dmo25@...>

Sent: Tue, June 29, 2010 2:11:31 PM

Subject: RE: [ ] How to stop diarrhea after antibiotic?

 

The most-used diarrhea remedy in Europe is FloraStor, which is saccharomyces

boulardii. This is a " good " yeast that helps knock out the bad.

Dean

Re: [ ] How to stop diarrhea after antibiotic?

Fiber can help to firm up stool.

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:23 PM, iflow97 <iflow97@...> wrote:

>

>

> I had to give my son an antibiotic for a very bad UTI - which D Mannose

> could not seem to knock out. The specially compounded abx - sulfameth I

> believe - was given for 7 days. I gave him lots of probiotics - 4

Culturelle

> a day, and 250 billion cfus of a Klaire probiotic during this time many

> hours away from the abx. It seemed to keep gut issues at bay - until day

7,

> when he got the trots. I gave some extra probiotics and it is 2 days later

> since he is off the abx and he is not eating well, and is still having

loose

> bowel - in fact he requested a pull up because he knows his stomach and

> bowels are not right. What else can I do to help normalize things? I can't

> afford to give much more probiotic than I am currently. But I will if I

have

> to. What else can I do to firm up his stools and repair his gut? Before

this

> his gut was so good. This is only the second antibiotic he has ever had in

> his life - he is five now and had one at age 20 mos before starting

biomed.

> We haven't done a round in two weeks because of the UTI. We want to do a

> round this weekend, but we need to get his gut better first.

>

> I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks. Irene

>

> I

>

>

>

--

Arun Sood