It would help if you read my initial story when I first joined the site about two weeks ago.
It turns out I have colonized salmonella ( Salmonella group C ) in my system. They are pretty certain it is the same salmonella infection I had back in 2009 that I was treated for and was thought to be destroyed. Since then I've had flare ups ( mostly minor ) but also ended up in the hospital with C-diff in 2011. From there I had on and off problems until February this year I got really bad. I've been in the hospital since April 19th and after three stool samples they found I have Salmonella. I took in two stool samples to my local doctors office that were fresh and sent out to laboratories in February this year which both came back negative for any bacteria. Turns out since it was colonized in my system it pretty much only sheds off dead bacteria cells and they found it with a different test here at the hospital.
My idea is there are a lot of people who have suffered GI infections then came down with ( either prior or after ) crohns or C-diff like infections. I was thought to have had ulcerative colitis / crohns for about two years now and it looks like the salmonella has been causing the symptoms. I urge anyone who has had any type of GI infectious bacteria to find a good laboratory to make sure you are not harboring some colonized form of bad bacteria. Also probiotics don't fight salmonella. I can't be the only person who has had this happen. My salmonella caused flare ups and would disappear sometime, the symptoms were identical to crohns or colitis. The infections during flares will also look like colitis or crohns with a colonoscopy and they can't tell them apart unless the biopsy shows signs of the bacteria.
It turns out I have colonized salmonella ( Salmonella group C ) in my system. They are pretty certain it is the same salmonella infection I had back in 2009 that I was treated for and was thought to be destroyed. Since then I've had flare ups ( mostly minor ) but also ended up in the hospital with C-diff in 2011. From there I had on and off problems until February this year I got really bad. I've been in the hospital since April 19th and after three stool samples they found I have Salmonella. I took in two stool samples to my local doctors office that were fresh and sent out to laboratories in February this year which both came back negative for any bacteria. Turns out since it was colonized in my system it pretty much only sheds off dead bacteria cells and they found it with a different test here at the hospital.
My idea is there are a lot of people who have suffered GI infections then came down with ( either prior or after ) crohns or C-diff like infections. I was thought to have had ulcerative colitis / crohns for about two years now and it looks like the salmonella has been causing the symptoms. I urge anyone who has had any type of GI infectious bacteria to find a good laboratory to make sure you are not harboring some colonized form of bad bacteria. Also probiotics don't fight salmonella. I can't be the only person who has had this happen. My salmonella caused flare ups and would disappear sometime, the symptoms were identical to crohns or colitis. The infections during flares will also look like colitis or crohns with a colonoscopy and they can't tell them apart unless the biopsy shows signs of the bacteria.
