What do you think of these diarrhea symptoms?!
Question:
What do you think of these diarrhea symptoms?
In the last 5 months-since vacation in New Orleans: lost 32 pounds, diarhea everyday, no giardia (test were neg) but liver enzymes were a little funky (sorry dont have exact numbers). If I can get more info, I'll add as 'detail'. Doctor is baffled as well.
Answers:
Make sure you get what is referred to as a total, or complete o&p (ova and parasite). Some smaller labs may only test for the most common parasites in the US such as giardia and cryptosporidium. Also, may need to check for more specific organisms than what a routine stool culture may find, such as Vibrio. Were you on antibiotics before this started? If so it could wipe out your normal gut flora (much like a yeast infection in a woman) and you can get Clostridium difficile (aka C dif).