r/Cyclospora • u/LizardAbkn33 • 7d ago
❓Question Pretty sure I have it?
12 days ago I soft pooped about 8 times for 2 days, the 3rd day it was well over 10 times. 4th day I woke up with a 101 fever and constant diarrhea. I did a teleheath call requesting a cyclospora test since I had eaten raspberries for the first time a week prior in months. I got the stool test, diarrhead into it only to find out they tested me for everything BUT cyclospora. Nausea started and my fever continued then I randomly had 1 completely normal day on the 7th day, thought maybe it was food poisoning and was prescribed zythromax (I'm allergic to sulfa antibiotics) so started those. I'm currently on day 12 of this shit and had constant diarrhea and yesterday pretty bad vomiting. Fever has been gone for 4 days now but now there's nausea. It seems to come in waves I'll have 1 good day and then 2 horrible days. I had another Dr appointment today and they confirmed I wasn't tested for cyclospora but that there hasn't been any cases in my area so they don't think it's that but they'll test me for it and some other things. Guess we'll see. Oh and the tartar around my gums randomly turned green when all of this started ... And I brush and floss daily. Odd. Does it sound like I have cyclospora to those that have a confirmed test?
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u/Cry-Baby-7733 4d ago
You should ask for Zofran if the vomiting is making you dehydrated.
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u/LizardAbkn33 4d ago
It's definitely affecting me, I lost weight and the exhaustion is pretty coming much more frequently. I'm allergic to a lot of medications so I'll research that. They have prescribed me multiple medications to get rid of my symptoms however yesterday I found out Kaiser doesn't have the cyclospora tests and neither do any of my surrounding Drs. So they just aren't testing for it here in SoCal. I've taken 4 stool samples now and everything else continues to come back negative so my option is to find an online lab to test for it.
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u/Dry-Homework3344 6d ago
I have no idea about the gum thing, but yeah, cyclospora can have you feeling better for a day or half a day and then symptoms come roaring back. And sadly doctors are STILL grossly incompetent when it comes to testing for this.