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What is the life expectancy of someone with c-dif colitis?

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Should be normal...: Once treated with the appropriate antibiotics and healed. Rarely recurs and needs more antibiotics. Even more rarely, very severe cases will require emergency colon removal surgery.

Dr Davis and another doctor agreed

Answered 7/3/2018

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Normal: If treated expeditiously and appropriately, c-diff colitis would not affect one's life expectancy.

Dr Hoepfner agreed

Answered 5/9/2013

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