… Metronidazole 400 mg plus Diloxanide Furoate 500 mg, three times per day for ten days. That’s what my doctor said when she called me and told me the stool sample came back positive for Entamoeba histolytica, which had caused Dysentery. Amoebic Dysentery normally presents with these symptoms: “eggy” burps, frequent passage of watery stool, fever and, in some cases, associated vomiting of blood or blood in the stool. (I had a suspicion it might be this, seeing as I, since late December, have regularly experienced all but the blood) What the doctor did NOT mention, was that the most common side effects of Metronidazole are nausea and diarrhea, while Diloxanide presents itchy rashes, excessive intestinal gas and vomiting as it’s most common side effects. Here’s a beautiful picture for you, try to visualize it happening to yourself: Diarrhea + excessive gas = explosive diarrhea.
Brings to mind an old saying… something about frying pans and fire… Oh, well, at least the treatment is not fatal, while dysentery can (and usually will be) fatal if untreated.
Grossed out yet?
No?
Then YOU’RE gross!!! 😀
PS: I found a picture on Flickr which could be a good illustration to this post, but I decided not to post it here… You can look at it if you want, though…
Tags: amoebic, burp, diagnosis, diarrhea, Diloxanide Furoate, dysentery, fever, gas, itchy, Kathmandu, medicine, Metronidazole, nausea, rash, stool, treatment, vomiting
This sounds horrible for you, get better soon!!!
Try some white bread that makes everything (lets call it) compact.
I read your blogs with pleasure.
Enjoy the places and nature were you come. And about “walking through the valley of the shadow of death”… 😛 ) from last month, I’m sure you know what after this come. 🙂
Greetings Brunhild from RV
Oh..man..
I’m reading this with unease, and great sympathy for you. (can’t say it doesn’t sound horrible.. O.o )
Get well soon!
Please.
Hey Jerry,
It just seems to get worse and worse there in Kathmandu. here in India there is also a water shortage, at least here in Dharamsala. but not as big as there in Kathmandu.
Here it is even oke to drink from the tap, most of it is melt water from the mountains. I hope you get well soon man. I had trouble surviving that one day and for you it has been going on and on.
I hope you really have the chance to go to chitwan. the elephant bathing is just to awesome.
Greats
Get well soon! We really feel for you – with the lack of water and the need for flushing the toilet… Hope you get well before moving on.
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
You have my sympathy. Drink lots of (clean) water.
And there is a term for the kind of explosive diarrhea you are having:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pebble+dash
Have a great weekend!