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I had cellulitis i had antibiotics been off for 2 weeks and now it looks like it is coming back. i had to do more antibiotics because of a uti. i don't want to be on antibiotics again. i don't want to get anything like c.diff again so what can i do?

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Dr. James Ferguson answered

See your doc: You can see if this is actually present or not. If it is you can either get treated or let the germ invade your system, enter your blood & accept the finite consequences. You can take probiotics (good germ pills) that help protect your gut. All of this requires you have more information to move forward.

Answered 10/13/2020

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A member asked:

I had cellulitis i had antibiotics been off for 2 weeks and now it looks like it is coming back. i had to do more antibiotics because of a uti. i don't want to be on antibiotics again. i don't want to get anything like c.diff again so what can i do?

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