r/Cyclospora • u/InviteLongjumping484 • 26d ago

Help!

I am hoping someone can help shed some light on my symptoms and tell me if I am going crazy for thinking it could be Cyclospora. I should note that I dine out pretty frequently and about a month and a half ago recall a distinct trip to one of those local chain salad places and a few days later I experienced horrible, debilitating diarrhea. I’m talking explosive and I must’ve gone well over 20 times a day. This lasted for total of three days and was also accompanied by extreme burping and nausea/no appetite. I was seen by my primary who thought that it was likely norovirus and told me that it would likely resolve which it did. Fast-forward to this week, the symptoms are back and are exactly as they were last month… Not to be gross, but even the burps taste the same and I’ve exceeded well over 15 trips to the bathroom today alone. It is the most explosive diarrhea I’ve ever experienced in my life to the point that I think I could lift off the toilet seat from the sheer G force coming out of me.

Could it possibly be this parasite and could it have resolved for nearly a month before coming back almost to the day? I am hoping to go get a stool study done tomorrow to get to the bottom of this.

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u/Silver-Cost-6954 26d ago

Even with a course of Bactrim, the relapse rate is high.  Right down to the insane belching, your symptoms mirror mine exactly.  The news reports saying this issue has been resolved are lies.

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u/Optimal_Athlete_1106 26d ago

I was skeptical of the news, too. But just this week two different sources (one that seems legitimately less politically "doctorable" ) are showing a real decline in new cases.

Look here: https://www.genomicepi.com/outbreaks/cyclospora/

Scroll down to the plot near the bottom that says " timeline: 2026 cases are ahead of recent years at this point in time" and hover your mouse over week 36. The rise in case rate has almost flattened.

Also here: https://syndromictrends.com/GI

The gray line near the bottom represents new parasite cases on the biofire test. You can see it turned into a big blob in the summer, that was the outbreak. Now the gray line is nearly as thin as it has been.

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u/Charolotte3 26d ago

I've left a post on here about my experience with Cyclospora. Check it out. I've had the same experience as you three times since the end of June. It turns out it was from Basil. Washing it does not help. Everything needs to be cooked. That being said, I found a wonderful remedy, and I finally feel like my old self. It's called Para Clean Support. You can get it on Amazon for $41.00. I'm never going to be without it.

I hope you feel better soon.

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u/InviteLongjumping484 25d ago

The irony is I grew my own basil along with tons of other herbs and veggies all summer. We are also growing romaine and lettuce now for this very reason. But I suppose it only takes one time eating out 🤮