Food poisoning or flare?

Hi all,

It’s been a while since I’ve posted on here, but this past weekend (last Sunday) my friends and I went out to eat Korean bbq. Place was somewhat suspect and a few of us starting feeling a little icky after that. My roommate had diarrhea that night and has been fine since while my boyfriend felt weird the next day, but that was the extent of it. I on the other hand, start feeling yucky Monday (as I’m feeling sick in the stomach), started having some bad gas on Wednesday and then diarrhea Thursday night. That night I couldn’t drink anything without pooping. However Friday I didn’t have to go to the bathroom, but my stomach would cramp up horribly whenever I had gas. Saturday and Sunday (today) I’m still having horrible cramping like diarrhea pain whenever I need to pass gas or even go to the bathroom. The pain even makes me go to the bathroom. And this happens WHILE I’m eating and after. Still is still not completely solid but will start off formed then turn to mush. (TMI) is this food poisoning? I’m really concerned because I feel better overall, it’s just my stomach , which I guess you can compare to colon spasms. Being the hypochondriac I am, I worry that this could be c diff although I’ve taken no antibiotics that could’ve possibly given me it (although I have gotten it without taking antibiotics within 6 months). Or it also scares me that this could be a flare, although this doesn’t really feel like a proctitis flare at all. But in my last sigmoidoscopy, doc also said I might have crohns because my colon is fine, but I have have some inflammation higher up since my problem area is where my belly button is. Any ideas anyone?

Give it another week. A stomach bug will only last a couple weeks (or less) so you should know soon if it is going to pass. If not see your gastereoentereoligist and get a stool test for pathogenic causes.

C Diff often has very smelly bms, well beyond what's normal for you.

Can't hurt to take canasa daily as a reasonable precaution.

Thanks for everyone’s responses! I’ll start up canasa daily just in case.

@sarah14, I did not have any hospital stays within that time period. It was the second time I had gotten c diff. The only change I had made was moving to a different island (I live in Hawaii) and starting an internship which was kind of stressful as it was my first time being on my own. I supposed to condo I was staying at could have had some c diff germs there, but I did clean everything during the move in. I remember I had also gone off my florastor ( a probiotic I had been on ever since my first infection) thinking that I would be okay. And then that’s when I had gotten a new infection. I wonder if the florastor just had been keeping it at bay. However since then I’ve learned my lesson and have never missed more than a day of that probiotic since.