Antibiotic Induced Ulcerative Pancolits???

I am curious if this has happened to anyone else. I am a relatively new member to this forum and have been reading post after post and haven't come across anything quite like my situation....I have a theory....my battle initially started when my ex-doctor prescribed a SUPER ANTIBIOTIC called Ciproflaxin for a urinary tract infection. Now I used to always get UTI's and would usually be prescribed Bactrim and would never have any adverse affects from it. HOWEVER...after just 3 days of taking the Cipro, I ended up off work for the next 2 1/2 weeks severely ill with SUPPOSEDLY C Diff (pseudomembranous colitis) though that has NEVER been confirmed through stool samples but I did have a flexible sigmoidography done and my original GI "claimed" it was in fact C Diff. NOW....even while being treated with ridiculously expensive antibiotics for the C Diff (Vancomycin I belive it was) I never had much relief and my symptoms never completely went away. This is why I am thinking I never had C Diff and in fact the Cipro caused my UC. Also, my UC never just started in one part of my colon...it affected the ENTIRE colon from the very beginning AND is now in my intestines. What I find most puzzling is that my life was COMPLETELY NORMAL until I took Cipro. Is there anyone out there with a similar situation??

Yep.

There is something called fecal transplantation that might put the beneficial bacteria that was destroyed by the antibiotic back into your colon. If you are interested, then do a search for fecal transplantation on this forum to find out more info.

Us too... My dd was prescribed antibiotics (Keflex) and she ended up with a C.Diff infection and when that went away the problems began...now she too has

Pancolitis- although it started out as a mild UC and has progressed to pancolitis.

I guess she had the genes for UC and when her immune system was down the UC happily moved in .

I do blame her getting UC from taking antibiotics- I still am angry about this

Maybe it's a coinky-dink, but I took antibiotics before 3 of my 4 major flares. First was for stubborn bronchitis, then pneumonia, and this last one was for an ingrown toenail. The only flare I can't remember taking antibiotics before it started occurred right after a stressful 2000 mile cross country relocation.

I was taking a lot of the same anti-biotic (Cipro.), for prostrate problems multiple times and other anitbiotics for other various health issues all in a period of just a few years, then what do you know I got UC right after. I was never diagnosed with C-Diff though.

KIM123, interesting you say that chronic sinus infections are caused by fungus. Had sinus surgery and still get sinus infections. My last UC flare was after 2 rounds of antibiotics for sinus infection/ear infection. But I usually have to take Diflucan for yeast after the antibiotic so not sure how that works.

Hello friends same condition here.i took various antibiotics for about a year for various infections arised due to travelling to various places.anyway...so suddenly i feel severe rectal pain and after sigmo i was diagnosed with ulcerative proctitis on 13 jun 2013.i still dont have any diarrhea or blood but have pain during defecation.i ve studied a lot and found that antibiotics interfere our genetic material and causes our bone marrow to produce specific antibodies and this leads to increment of leukocytes or wbc in blood stream.now those antibodies removes both good and bacteria successfully.so now due to large production of antibodies some antibodies still reaches the infection site for some more time.and here all happens when our mind detects antibodies it consider it as foreign body and release wbc at that site which causes inflammation.

There are many triggers for UC and antibiotic use can be one of them. Antibiotics did not cause your UC, though. It is beleived that UC is genetically coded and once triggered, it starts it's course.

Sue

I feel confidant (of course I cannot prove) that days and days of 24/7 IV antibiotics when I was in ICU and septic is what caused my UC. I never seemed to recover. Over the next year diarrhea got worse, then after 8-9 months the blood in stool, then the urgency. 12mo after leaving ICU, I had pancolitis.

When I went to Afghanistan they prepped us with taking Doxycycline 30 days before the deployment as well as nightly during the deployment. Apparently it was to prevent possible malaria infections...needless to say about a month after starting it I was in country for only a few days and already passing blood...darn meds.

took Bactrim DS for 2 years to treat my acne. Diarrhea gradually increased during that time. 1 month after stopping the antibiotic, i started passing blood.