13 days of diarrhea

sep · Newbie Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 1

Hi,

For the passed thirteen days I have had diarrhea. I have noticed both blood and white globs in my stool along with mild cramping in my lower stomach. I have also had foul smelling and excessive flatulence. I went to the doctor last week and he took a blood test for me and prescribed flagyl for me thinking it might be a bacterial or parasitic infection; however, I failed to tell him about the white stool because it occured after I saw him. He also wanted a stool sample but my insurance hasn't kicked in so I asked if we can see if the Flagyl works and then do the stool sample. My blood cell count came out normal but the nurse told me to continue to take the Flagyl. So I started taking the flagyl about 36 hours ago and have not noticed any change in my diarrhea. Is the nurse wrong about this? Shouldn't there be an abnormal blood count if I had a bacterial or parasitic infection? And how long does Flagyl take before you can notice improvement of symptoms? Are there any other conditions associated with these symptoms? Thank you for your opinion

Melissa_20 · Posted: 04/04/06 - 13:55 Post subject: Re: 13 days of diarrhea

13 days of diarrhea

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