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C. Difficile (Colitis)


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Two years ago our 4-year-old son had a blockage in his bowel. Recently he was in the hospital for 8 days with much pain. They did an upper GI series, endoscopy, CT scan and blood work, which were all negative. He has also had C.Difficile and colitis treated with antibiotics but with no improvement.

  1. Why not a lower GI series?

2. What other tests should be performed?

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I assume that the pain is cramping with the diarrhea. C. difficile can be hard to treat and certainly can come back. If it doesn't respond to flagyl, we usually treat another cycle. You can also try oral vancomycin, but it is very expensive. We have often used Amphogel to bind the toxin (1/2cc/kg/dose 4 times a daynot by other meds as it will bind them) and either homemade yogurt or lactobacillus capsules to try and alter the flora enough to control the diarrhea and cramps. The prep we use is called Culturelle.

You don't usually want to do a barium enema if there is inflammation of the colon; they should have been able to lookfairly well with the CT scan.

CP/TK 7-13-10

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Pain and Behaviour

R18
Ponieważ ból może łatwo pozostać nierozpoznany u dziecka z CdLS, wszyscy świadczeniodawcy powinni być świadomi różnych przejawów i możliwych źródeł bólu. Zaleca się stosowanie specjalnych narzędzi do oceny bólu.

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Gastrointestinal Problems

R28
Każdy noworodek, u którego podejrzewa się lub potwierdzono występowanie CdLS, powinien zostać poddany dokładnej ocenie pod kątem oznak i objawów typowych dla wad rozwojowych przewodu pokarmowego.

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