What do you think of these diarrhea symptoms?

In the last 5 months-since vacation in New Orleans: lost 32 pounds, diarhea everyday, no giardia (test were neg) but liver enzymes were a little funky (sorry dont have exact numbers). If I can get more info, I'll add as 'detail'. Doctor is baffled as well.

Make sure you get what is referred to as a total, or complete o&p (ova and parasite). Some smaller labs may only test for the most common parasites in the US such as giardia and cryptosporidium. Also, may need to check for more specific organisms than what a routine stool culture may find, such as Vibrio. Were you on antibiotics before this started? If so it could wipe out your normal gut flora (much like a yeast infection in a woman) and you can get Clostridium difficile (aka C dif).

VERY SERIOUS.

You can't be serious...

Maybe ur having Amebic hepatitis. Check the stool for amebic trophozoites. Send the details.

geez thats kinda serious...hospital!!!

any other signs and symptoms like bloating, abdominal cramping, nausea and vomiting, yellowish skin tone(jaundice)? Any blood on stool? Have you been tested for any other parasites(usually ova and parasites test). Check out Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Most importantly, see another doctor. Not that your current doctor isn't doing a thorough job. Meanwhile, keep yourself hydrated with Gatorade maybe. Hope this helps.

This is going to be a silly question, but when you were in New Orleans, did you eat any seafood at all? If yes, you may have picked up some nasty intestinal parasite. My husband picked up a intestinal parasite when he ate some undercooked fish and had a terrible time. Besides the giardia, did the doctor have the lab check for parasites? If not, maybe you should have that done. As soon as the doctor knew what my husbands problem was, he gave him a couple prescriptions and within 24 hours he was doing much, much better.

I am NOT a doctor, OK, but --

Let's be simple about it:

ANY, ANY, ANY doctor that allows the info:
"DAILY diarrhea" past his ears without an immediate concern is NOT a doctor I'd keep.

Beyond that, we have obvious evidence here of any number of parasites or organisms residing in the gastrointesinal system, and if ALL you did was go to a health food store and get:

Renew Life's Para-Gone

you'd be ahead of the game for less than $40. And it's considered a beginner's parasite cleanse by many herbalists. Tell your doctor about it and expect open laughter. When you come back miraculously "healed" in several weeks, he'll stop thinking about golf for 23.6 seconds while he finds some way to dispose of the obvious:

You didn't find a "cure", you just killed that which is taking your food away from you and pooping inside you, causing you weight loss and suffering.

Weight loss is cute until the end, when it cannot be controlled.

Take care NOW and find a new doctor if you must, perhaps a trusted osteopath or naturopath.


Best Luck in your health... :)

Any abdominal pain? Could be Crohn's disease. Check it out on the web. Sounds as if you may have it, but I'm not a doctor.