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Having Severe Loose Motion Causing Dehydration. Abdominal CT Scan, Ultrasound Tests Came Negative. On Riflaxin. Cause And Treatment?

About 3 weeks ago I had about 20 soft stools in one day. This continued into the next day. I had become so dehydrated that I was admitted into the hospital. All tests came back negative so I was sent home thinking I had a virus. I went home still having loose stools but only about 4-7 per day. I was very weak. A few days later, I was admitted to the hospital again. This time they did more testing including an abdominal ct scan and an ultrasound of my gall bladder. Once again all tests were negative. I was sent home on a lactose free diet. I was given riflaxin for 14 days and told to take a flora probiotic. After being home a few days, I did begin to feel better for almost a full week. Now I am very nauseous, dizzy, weak, and having 1-3 soft stools per day. I have been to every doctor I know, nobody has any ideas of what is going on.
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probably u have some bacillary dysentery ,u were treated with antibiotic like flouroquinolone grps like cifran,ofloxacin etc.some time bacteria causing dysentery becomes very harder to eradicate completely ,it might need long duration of treatment with antibiotic.1-3 stool per day without any pain during defecation ,it is normal,u need not to worry.the nausea ,dizzyness what are feeling now that is probably the side effects of the antibiotic what u have taken for 14 days.but very soon this side effects will goes away.
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Having Severe Loose Motion Causing Dehydration. Abdominal CT Scan, Ultrasound Tests Came Negative. On Riflaxin. Cause And Treatment?

probably u have some bacillary dysentery ,u were treated with antibiotic like flouroquinolone grps like cifran,ofloxacin etc.some time bacteria causing dysentery becomes very harder to eradicate completely ,it might need long duration of treatment with antibiotic.1-3 stool per day without any pain during defecation ,it is normal,u need not to worry.the nausea ,dizzyness what are feeling now that is probably the side effects of the antibiotic what u have taken for 14 days.but very soon this side effects will goes away.