Yu dɔn ɛva gɛt bɛlɛ we nɔ fayn afta yu dɔn tek antibayɔtik? Lɛ wi lan bɔt dis denja baktri, C. diff (Clostridioides difficile).

Yu dɔn ɛva gɛt bad bad bɛlɛ we yu dɔn tek antibayɔtik, ɔ yu dɔn bigin fɔ gɛt wata we de mek yu dayarɛa bɔku tɛm insay di de? Ɔ yu tink se sɔmbɔdi na yu famili, mɔ wan ol pɔsin, de sɔfa wit dis prɔblɛm afta we i kam bak na os frɔm ɔspitul? Di tin we kin mek yu gɛt dis sik kin bi baktriyal infɛkshɔn we bɔku pipul dɛn nɔ ivin yɛri bɔt, bɔt i kin rili denja. Na dat wi de tok abaut tide. Na wan baktri we dɛn kɔl C. diff.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na C. diff?

C. diff, ɔ Clostridioides difficile , na wan kayn baktri. Dis baktri kin mek wi gɛt infekshɔn na wi intestinal ɛn mek wi kɔlon inflamɛns, ɔ swel bad bad wan. Dɔktɔ dɛn kɔl dis kɔndishɔn kɔlayt . Bɔrku tɛm, dis infekshɔn kin bigin afta yu dɔn fɔ yuz antibayɔtik fɔ ɔda sik. Sɔntɛnde, i kin ivin bi siriɔs ɛn i kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja . yu kin si di spכr dεm fכ dis C. diff baktri כlsay we de rawnd wi, na di briz, di grכn, wata, εn ivin na di fכs fכ pipul εn animal dεm. Tink bɔt am lɛk baktri dɛn we de slip. Dɛn kin de na di say we dɛn de fɔ sɔm mɔnt ɛn dɛn nɔ kin du ɛni bad tin. כltu, dεn spot dεm ya kin כnli aktif bak we dεn go insay yu bכdi tru yu mכt εn insay yu intestכn dεm.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ C. diff?

di simptom dεm fכ C. diff infεkshכn kin kכmכt frכm mild to rili siriכs. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin dɛn bi.

Aw C. diff stuol de luk ɛn smɛl lɛk?

Sɔm pipul dɛn se C. diff infɛkshɔn kin mek chenj na di smel na dɛn stɔl. Bɔku tɛm, i kin gɛt mɔ trɛnk, i nɔ kin fayn. Ɔda pipul dɛn se di bayl we de na di stɔl kin mek i smɛl smɔl. We i kam pan aw di stɔl de luk, sɔntɛnde i kin lɔs, lɛk ɔtmil, ɔ i kin tan lɛk dɔti. Sɔntɛnde, i kin gɛt blɔd ɔ mכkus. I kin gɛt grin kɔlɔ bak. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl: If yu dayarɛa bad bad wan, we min se yu kin gɛt am bɔku tɛm insay di de, ɔ yu fil se yu wik, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. If yu gɛt siriɔs dayarɛa, i kin mek yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi kwik kwik wan ɛn i kin ivin day.

Wetin mek C. diff de divɛlɔp? Udat dɛn de pan big risk?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, di men rizin fɔ dis na fɔ yuz antibayɔtik. Tink bɔt am, gud baktri ɛn bad baktri de liv balans na wi intestin. We yu tek antibayɔtik fɔ wan infekshɔn, dɛn mɛrɛsin dɛn de nɔ kin kil di bad baktri dɛm nɔmɔ, bɔt di gud baktri dɛm we de ɛp wi bak. na da tεm di C. diff baktri dεm we dεn nכ kכntro gεt di chans fכ bכku, prodyuz tכxin, εn pwεl di intestinal dεm.

Tin dɛm wae kin mek di risk bɔku:

• Yuz antibayɔtik: Pipul dɛn we de yuz strɔng antibayɔtik, mɔ di sɛfalosporin, klindamaysin , fluoroquinolones , ɛn penisilin, kin gɛt mɔ risk.
• Ej: Pipul wae dɔn pas 65 ia kin gɛt dis sik.
• Ɔspitul: Di spɔr dɛm fɔ dis baktri kin skata na ples dɛm lɛk ɔspitul ɛn nɔs os. Na dɛn kayn ples dɛn de, i kin izi fɔ mek i pas tru di wan dɛn we de wok ɔ tru di tin dɛn we dɛn de yuz na ɔspitul.
• Wik imyun sistɛm: .Pipul wae gɛt wik imyun sistɛm bikɔs ɔf kansa, kansa tritmɛnt, ɔr ɔda sik kin gɛt bɔrku risk.
• Ɔda sik dɛn we kin kam pan pɔsin in bɔdi: Pipul dɛn we gɛt sik dɛn lɛk inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) ɔ kɔlorektal kansa kin gɛt mɔ risk bak.

Wetin na di kɔmplikɛshɔn dɛm we kin apin bikɔs ɔf C. diff?

If dɛn nɔ trit C. diff infɛkshɔn kwik kwik wan, siriɔs kɔmplikeshɔn kin apin.

• Di wata we de kɔmɔt na yu bɔdi bad bad wan: If yu gɛt dayarɛa pasmak, dat kin mek yu nɔ gɛt wata ɛn sɔl na yu bɔdi, ɛn dis kin afɛkt di we aw yu kidni de wok ɛn di blɔd prɛshɔn.
• Toxic Megacolon: Dis na wan sik we rili denja. If na so i bi, di kɔlon kin swel so dat i nɔ kin izi fɔ pas di briz ɔ stɔl. Dis kin ivin mek di kɔlon bɔs. Dis kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja ɛn i nid fɔ du ɔpreshɔn kwik kwik wan.
• Bɔwel Pɛrfɔreshɔn: If ol na di big intestinal kin mek di denja baktri dɛn go insay di bɛlɛ, ɛn dis kin mek i gɛt siriɔs infɛkshɔn we dɛn kɔl peritonitis .
• Pseudomembranous colitis: di tכxin dεm we C. diff de mek de damej di sεl dεm na di insay layn na di intestin, we de mek כlsa εn tik plek dεm.

If dis na siriɔs sik, yu kin ivin nid fɔ admit na di ɔspitul in Imejɛnsi Tritmɛnt Yunit (ETU) . So if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn, go to dɔktɔ ɛn nɔ de te.

Tritmɛnt ɛn fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt am

Bay di sayn dɛm we yu gɛt, yu dɔktɔ go kɔnfɔm if yu gɛt C. diff infɛkshɔn bay we i go tɛst wan stɔl sɛmpul.

Di we aw dɛn kin trit am

I sɔprayz fɔ no se dɛn kin trit dis sik we di antibayɔtik kin gi wit ɔda patikyula antibayɔtik dɛn bak. dis dεm de tכk εn kil כnli di C. diff baktri dεm.

• Fidaksomisin we dɛn kɔl fidaxomicin
• Metronidazol we dɛn kɔl
• Vankomaysin we dɛn kɔl

Yu fɔ yuz dɛn mɛrɛsin ya jɔs lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu. I impɔtant bak fɔ chenj di wata we dɔn lɔs bikɔs ɔf dayarɛa. Dis min se yu fɔ drink bɔku wata, brot, pɔrit, sup, ɛn frut jus. Sɔntɛnde we i kin rili bad, dɛn kin ivin nid fɔ ɔpreshɔn fɔ pul di pat dɛn na di insay we dɔn pwɛl.

Gud it fɔ it we yu gɛt C. diff infɛkshɔn

I bɛtɛ fɔ it tin dɛn we izi fɔ yu bɛlɛ ɛn we gɛt stach we yu gɛt dayarɛa.

• Krak krak krak tin dɛn
• Boil potato, swit pata
• Rays, rays pɔrit
• Oatmil we dɛn kin mek
• Di kayn sup dɛn we dɛn kin yuz
• Vegjetabul dɛn we dɛn dɔn bɔy
• Banana

Aw fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm di sik?

• If yu de na ɔspitul, aks di dɔktɔ ɛn nɔs dɛn we de kia fɔ yu fɔ was dɛn an bifo ɛn afta dɛn kam fɛn yu.
• Aks if dɛn dɔn klin di mɛrɛsin we dɛn dɔn briŋ kam na yu rum.
• Nɔ tek antibayɔtik we nɔ nid fɔ tek am. Na jɔs lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin, ɛn tek am fɔ di ful tɛm we yu tɛl yu.

If yu de kia fɔ pɔsin we gɛt C. diff infɛkshɔn, mek shɔ se yu wɛr glɔv. Dɔn bak, klin di tɔylɛt, di domɔt knob dɛn, ɛn di switch dɛn we di pɔsin de yuz ɔltɛm wit klin we gɛt klorin (blich) . C. diff, Clostridioides difficile, dayarɛa, bɛlɛ at, antibayɔtik, baktriyal infɛkshɔn, kɔlayt