bloody diarrhea and stomach cramps after taking flucloxacillin (antibiotics)

hi all just looking for a bit of advice. took a weeks worth of flucloxacillin and finished them last thursday. i had loose stools since i started taking them and assumed it would clear up, but on saturday i noticed a bit of blood in my diarrhea and having stomach cramps as well. feel fine otherwise though. just wondering if this is the start of a flare up or will it maybe calm down in a week or 2? i take probiotics every day and have now upped them to twice a day to see if it helps. before i took the antibiotics my stools were formed and now it seems im back to square one again! :( xx

I have never been able to take antibiotics yet without flaring a few days later. macrobid ( a lightweight as far as antibiotics go) precipitated this latest flare.

Have you tried gut rest? I fasted for 3 days (NOT recommended if underweight) and I am starting to feel a little better afterwards - much less blood. For me, fasting is like a reset button. But not everyone responds well to it.

I recently had lots of antibiotics and have ended up in a flare. Stomach cramps, pain, bloating, frequency and urgency and diahorea. Blood tests showed high inflammation markers then went normal. No c diff etc. The only thing that was unusual was no visible blood although I do wonder if I mistook the colour of my poo. Had a sigmoidoscopy that showed inflammation in rectum and sigmoid.

Will never take antibioics again unless they are absolutely necessary.

My IBD nurse wouldn't give me steroids until I had a scope because my symptoms were not my usual ones eg blood. I am so mad at that because I battle on for nearly three months.

I was told to take probiotics when on antibiotics in the future.

Have you tried enemas? I use them as well as max dose of mezavant.

You could ask for stools tests to test for bacteria eg c diff.

Hope you get sorted

not tried enema's but would defo try rectal meds, just not sure where my inflammation is and if they would work if my inflammation is higher up. x