I have been dealing with bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, heartburn, low grade fever etc on and off for the past 11 days. For background information, I was previously on minocycline for 3 days for acne, but stopped taking it because my stomach was not reacting well to it. This was unexpected as I was previously on minocycline years ago for an extended period of time with no problems at all. Anyways, I stopped taking it and I was okay for a few days after that. However, approximately 5 days later my stomach began acting up with all of the aforementioned symptoms. The first doctor I saw said she did not believe it was linked to the antibiotics because I was only on it for three days. She thought it might be a gallbladder issue because of the location of the abdominal pain. A few days later, I ended up in the ER. They did blood work and an ultra sound that all came out normal. The ER doctor said it was probably just gastroenteritis, but 4 days later, the symptoms have more or less not subsided and I am not really eating much. I'm worried that it may have to do with the antibiotics after all, Maybe c difficile or something like that? If not the antibiotics, any other ideas? 11 days and counting seems rather long for a typical stomach bug.
If you still have bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and low grade fever, sounds like a stomach bug to me.
It can take longer (yes, even 11 days), if your immune system is down.
Did you take anything during these 11 days?
I did try a variety of things at different points including Pepto, Maalox, and Prilosec.
The diarrhea has stopped, but now I'm dealing with constipation.
The diarrhea has stopped, but now I'm dealing with constipation.