I was wondering if anyone might know anything about how to treat this.
My dad came down with C. diff after being in the hospital for renal problems.
We thought his diarrhea was as a side effect to renvela a phosphate binder given for his dialysis treatment, but it he began feeling very lousy , brought him to the hospital, and found out it was C. diff.

He has been in the hospital for about 2 weeks, and his diarrhea has not gone. He was given vancomycin and today they changed the antibiotic. The color of his stool looks more normal.
He has developed hemorrhoids and cuts in his buttcheeks from the stools, as he has not been able to move to go to the bathroom and ended up going in the bed a lot.

I know about probiotics and I’ve been given him probiotic pills to him.

Anyone have any ideas about this? Also any ideas about the hemorrhoid and skin problems? (this bothers him a lot)

Thanks . Any ideas are appreciated greatly

My sister woke up this morning to find 10 pie sized piles of diarrhea on the living room carpet. Her dog is only a ten pound POODLE she said it seemed like a gallon of poo… yuck I know.. is it possible she forgot to excrete his anal glands and he exploded??? I mean it was horrible! Is it seriously possible for a dog that small to have a GALLON of diarrhea. Do we need to have his anal glands excreted still?

I was on some meds & it gave me diarrhea. & i notice that when i use the bathroom sometime i wipe a little blood. so i got a mirror 2 see what was wrong & i seen this bump or whatever & it itches. how can i get rid of it?

hi there… i’m 22, and when i was 21 i think i got an external hemorrhoid. not to sound nasty, but i was constipated for a while and then got bouts of diarrhea. the hemorrhoid, for the most part, stays inside but you can feel it like a lump right around my rectum. when i strain all the tissues around my rectum become inflamed and sort of come out a bit while i am going to the bathroom.

this is for the med community out there —

do you think this may be serious because i am younger?
do i have to go to a doctor (i’ve read online there is no cure, and to just treat symptoms).. .and if so, what sort of doctor should i go to?
are there any pretty good treatments besides preparation h?

also, the hemorrhoid does not bother me at all… not itching, burning, etc. it is not even discolored, it just looks pink like the rest of the tissue. i am 22, 5′5" and weigh 140 and eat healthy regularly.

About a month ago I went to the ER for abdominal pain that turned out to be a kidney infection, urinary tract infection and a kidney stone. While in the ER, I had an enema that injected fluids throughout my rectum. About a week after being in the ER, I noticed blood clot looking things in my blood. Over the next few weeks, there would be blood in my stool every so often, but I was naive and didn’t really realize it was blood until recently. A couple nights ago I looked at my stool and really started noticing blood.

I went to the doctor today and he did a couple tests, one of which he used his fingers to feel around my rectum. I had a blood test done as well. The doctor didn’t have any conclusive diagnosis because he was unable to use a large tool that would allow him to look into the rectum. I am having that done within the next couple days.

My questions are:

Will a colonoscopy have to be completed even if they find out its just hemorrhoids? - My mom had a benign bump on her colon that was found through a colonoscopy and my sister had a colonoscopy done when she had similar symptoms to mine that ended up being hemorrhoids and she was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome. If I do have to have a colonoscopy, how long will my down time be?

What is the treatment for hemorrhoids? I’ve never had any before.
Thanks elynne… I have actually had diarrhea for the last month and have had no difficulty with having a bowel movement. I will have to look into the benefiber if that is what it is. I’m not much of a fan of fruits.