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Question: i was taking fludac 20 .i took it for 3-4 months and then i stop taking it. after few days i got recurrent diarrhea which comes and goes by its own whenever i drink milk it gets worse.so I stopped drinking milk but nothing works i was gone through some test like endoscopy and small bowel enema stool test urine test but reports says everything is normal and dr. prescribed me some tablets which helped me a lot but after completing the dose and stop taking pills diarrhea again started
Brief Answer:
Try cleaner water
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for your query.
It is a common side effect of fludac.
You have done tests that have come normal and tried diet changes and nothing is working. Medicine induced diarrhea can be recurrent and unexplained sometimes. Probably your immunity got altered and you have become vulnerable to germs in daily food and water. Such type of altered immunity may not show up on tests. Anyways please upload the complete blood count report for me to view as there may be an infectious cause.
Meanwhile I will suggest you the following:
- Take more fiber in form of fruits and salad
- Can avoid fruit and milk/milk products for sometime but can be taken on longer term.
- Avoid any unnecessary medicines.
- Last but not least try drinking cleanest form of water preferably from reverse osmosis filteration system. This diet change should resolve the recurrent diarrhea. If it does not resolve with this please let me know.
Dr Vaishalee
Try cleaner water
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for your query.
It is a common side effect of fludac.
You have done tests that have come normal and tried diet changes and nothing is working. Medicine induced diarrhea can be recurrent and unexplained sometimes. Probably your immunity got altered and you have become vulnerable to germs in daily food and water. Such type of altered immunity may not show up on tests. Anyways please upload the complete blood count report for me to view as there may be an infectious cause.
Meanwhile I will suggest you the following:
- Take more fiber in form of fruits and salad
- Can avoid fruit and milk/milk products for sometime but can be taken on longer term.
- Avoid any unnecessary medicines.
- Last but not least try drinking cleanest form of water preferably from reverse osmosis filteration system. This diet change should resolve the recurrent diarrhea. If it does not resolve with this please let me know.
Dr Vaishalee
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vaishalee Punj
Brief Answer:
Duodenitis may be due to peptic ulcer disease
Detailed Answer:
Hi again
The mild non-specific duodenitis may be due to peptic ulcer disease or may just have been caused by irritation from the medicine. If you have gastritis symptoms like burning pain in stomach, etc then you can go for antacid medicines like pantaprazole alongwith H pylori testing and treatment. Otherwise nothing much needs to be done.
I could not find the complete blood count report. This report should tell your white blood cell count - total and differential.
The report that you have uploaded shows that your liver is getting affected. It may again be due to medicine. I will suggest that you repeat liver function test in 2-3 months.
The above given advise still holds good.
Dr Vaishalee
Duodenitis may be due to peptic ulcer disease
Detailed Answer:
Hi again
The mild non-specific duodenitis may be due to peptic ulcer disease or may just have been caused by irritation from the medicine. If you have gastritis symptoms like burning pain in stomach, etc then you can go for antacid medicines like pantaprazole alongwith H pylori testing and treatment. Otherwise nothing much needs to be done.
I could not find the complete blood count report. This report should tell your white blood cell count - total and differential.
The report that you have uploaded shows that your liver is getting affected. It may again be due to medicine. I will suggest that you repeat liver function test in 2-3 months.
The above given advise still holds good.
Dr Vaishalee
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vaishalee Punj
Please tell me Duodenitis is the main reason behind my diarrhea or it can be any other problem ? And also tell me how to remove the side effects of fludac completely
Brief Answer:
Duodenitis may not cause it
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Duodenitis does not seem to be the cause of diarhea. There may be association inflammation of other parts of small intestine as well. That may be causing diarhea. So mostly you are lactose intolerant and also have symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. Try the cleaner drinking water. It should help with the symptoms.
Medicine associated diarrhea usually reverses completely by itself in 3 months. Intestine regenerates very fast and damaged areas get removed by themselves. Atmost it may take 1 year but it should recover. People do things like detox but it may have its own side effects. So better stay away from any medicines that boast to cure it.
Dr Vaishalee
Duodenitis may not cause it
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Duodenitis does not seem to be the cause of diarhea. There may be association inflammation of other parts of small intestine as well. That may be causing diarhea. So mostly you are lactose intolerant and also have symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. Try the cleaner drinking water. It should help with the symptoms.
Medicine associated diarrhea usually reverses completely by itself in 3 months. Intestine regenerates very fast and damaged areas get removed by themselves. Atmost it may take 1 year but it should recover. People do things like detox but it may have its own side effects. So better stay away from any medicines that boast to cure it.
Dr Vaishalee
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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