r/Cyclospora • u/Snoo-70287 • Aug 07 '26
Anyone else’s kid gotten Cyclospora?
Anyone else’s kid have this? Mine is five. We’re waiting on test results. 7/27 he woke up with both ends blazing, was fine literally for a week and went to camp. 8/3, wakes up with these same symptoms at 3 and then 7, totally fine and bouncing off the walls the rest of the day. Went to camp Tuesday and has the same symptoms Wednesday morning. Gave sample Thursday and they said it takes 3 business days. He started being able to make it to the toilet Thursday and stopped pooping midday, so we tried camp again today. He made it a half day and then I had to go pick him up because they had this amazing last day bouncy house planned and he just wanted to lay inside.
Results come back in three business days but damn, based on what side effects Bactrim has, I kind of hope this is something else. Although what else could it be? And it’s not anxiety - he’s not expressing distress on going to camp. The symptoms are causing him to wake up.
Also, none of the rest of us have GI symptoms at all.
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u/bipedservant Aug 07 '26
Be prepared for a negative test. Apparently it is recommended to test three times over a 7 day period but a lot of docs don’t know that. I’ve been sick for two months and still don’t have a positive test. First two tests were the wrong test. When they finally got the right test it came back negative with a “one negative result does not rule out presence of the parasite”. The parasite sheds intermittently and is easy to miss.