Is there an alternative medical treatment for C. difficile?

Is there an alternative medical treatment for C. difficile?

Are you experiencing chronic diarrhea after taking antibiotics and have been told you have a C. difficile infection? Even if you are taking antibiotics, do you have bouts of watery diarrhea with a characteristic foul stool smell or blood or pus in the stool? Are you constantly tired? Do you have stomach pain, fever, nausea and weight loss?

You are not alone. Researchers estimate that about half a million Americans each year suffer from antibiotic-associated diarrhea caused by the microbe C. difficile.

C. difficile is also known as Clostridium difficile, CDF, C. diff, pseudomembranous colitis; Antibiotic-associated colitis, necrotizing colitis. Some researchers and doctors call C. difficile a superbug because it causes 30,000 deaths per year in the United States alone. The alarming fact is that antibiotics cannot kill the resistant species of this microbe.

Ten to fifteen percent of people have this microbe in their gut without any obvious symptoms. It is known that healthy people generally do not get C. difficile. A healthy person is protected from this superbug.

C. difficile typically occurs in people after treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics and often affects those with weak immune systems. Victims of this superbug include the elderly, young children, people after surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, some medications, alcoholics, patients with AIDS, etc. Before taking the broad-spectrum antibiotics, they felt reasonably well.

Doctors and researchers agree that an infection with C. difficile usually occurs after the friendly intestinal flora is destroyed by antibiotics. The human gastrointestinal tract is the harbor for more than 400 species of microorganisms. Most of them are friendly intestinal flora. Analogous to good tenants, they live in our bodies and “pay the rent”.

These friendly microorganisms help us digest food, remove toxins and cholesterol, strengthen our immune system and have anti-cancer properties. The vital role of friendly intestinal flora is to control the growth of so-called opportunistic infections. Opportunistic infections are microbes, Candida yeast, parasites, etc. They grow when given the opportunity to grow; Usually it happens when antibiotics destroy friendly flora.

C. difficile is a common opportunistic infection that lives in low levels in the human body. There are many spores of this microorganism in water, air, food, hands and the environment. Sick people release many of these spores. Researchers found that up to 20 percent of people hospitalized and up to 50 percent of people in nursing homes carry C. difficile in their feces. Nevertheless, many of them do not have diarrhea or other symptoms. Because of this; “Hospitals and nursing homes are the places most contaminated with C. difficile and have potential outbreaks.”

The usual treatment with antibiotics and antifungals does not protect against relapses and leads to the development of antibiotic-resistant forms of clostridia. The economic burden of this disease was estimated at $3.2 billion last year, and the number of sufferers is growing every year.

It sounds strange to some people that alternative medicine can be useful for this serious medical problem. Chronic diarrhea is nothing new in medicine; it has accompanied humans for centuries, long before the era of antibiotics. Non-drug, natural methods have a long tradition in the treatment of chronic diarrhea.

Let's consider my personal experience. For example, a dentist prescribed strong antibiotics to a young woman. Within three weeks, she developed watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, and fever. The doctor ran tests and diagnosed C. difficile colitis. She was constantly treated with antibiotics, but still had several relapses. She had mucus and blood in her stools, she lost weight and felt terribly tired and depressed. After six months of suffering, she decided to take a non-drug, natural approach. Her doctor supported her and allowed her to stop taking antibiotics for a while.

The goal of their alternative treatment was to restore the natural mechanism that protects healthy people from opportunistic infections, fights Candida yeast overgrowth and SIBO small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, and intestinal inflammation. It had to restore their friendly intestinal flora and proper digestion, strengthen their immunity and replenish the deficiency of vital nutrients.

She started anti-candida, an alkaline diet. She took a large amount of different human strains, live probiotics. She drank healing mineral water made from genuine Karlovy Vary thermal salt and also lots of herbal teas. This young woman had numerous sessions of colon hydrotherapy and acupuncture with relaxation. She took minerals, vitamins, essential fatty acids, etc.

Much to her doctor's surprise, her condition improved dramatically within three weeks. Her bowel movements were normal, she gained weight, and she began to work. Her tests confirmed she was free of Clostridia toxins. There are no relapses for five months afterwards.

For many Americans, even medical professionals, healing mineral water is unknown. In contrast, European doctors often recommend drinking healing mineral water, especially for digestive and metabolic problems. Water from hot mineral springs in the small Czech town of Karlovy Vary has been used for centuries. For people who could not visit this place, geyser water was evaporated there for 250 years.

Dissolving the genuine Karlovy Vary thermal salt in clear water makes it possible to use this healing water at home. Karlovy Vary medicinal mineral water has been well researched by European doctors. Minerals, bicarbonate and trace elements in water alone are beneficial for people with chronic diarrhea.

Water is a natural alkalinizer; so it improves the function of the liver and pancreas. For more details on how acid kills the pancreas and destroys digestion, see my articles and my eBook, Healthy Pancreas, Healthy You. Karlovy Vary medicinal mineral water promotes the growth of beneficial bacteria in the intestines, relieves irritation and inflammation, and normalizes bowel movements in chronic diarrhea.

In the case of chronic diarrhea, washing out toxins and waste products through the use of enemas has long been part of human history. Currently, sophisticated equipment and well-trained personnel make colon hydrotherapy a safe and effective non-drug approach to chronic diarrhea. Clean and purified water flushes C. difficile and its toxins from the colon walls; Therefore, a healthy environment ensures the proliferation of beneficial bacteria.

Our ancestors sold herbs and spices for the price of gold. They knew that spices not only improve the taste of food, but also prevent diarrhea (food poisons). Some authors believe that spices save humanity from epidemic gastrointestinal diseases. I think these researchers are right. I strongly believe that the healing values ​​of spices and spicy herbs depend on their unique ability to destroy harmful bacteria and maintain friendly intestinal flora. My practical evidence for using herbs for chronic diarrhea supports this idea.

Because now thousands of patients with C. difficile are using the common therapeutic approach of “find and destroy” through powerful antibiotics after antibiotics. Unfortunately, even the strongest antibiotics cannot completely solve this problem. Finally, the patient with antibiotic-associated chronic diarrhea caused by Clostridia difficile has the choice to restore the natural process that keeps healthy people away from this superbug.

Non-drug methods of alternative medicine work with our body's own defense system and actually support it. The best result can be achieved through close collaboration between the doctor, the patient, their relatives and a knowledgeable, licensed alternative practitioner.

The information contained herein is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. This information should not be used to replace the services or instructions of a physician or qualified health practitioner.