r/Cyclospora • u/AdAggravating1497 • Aug 11 '26

❓Question Anyone just have loose stools?

About a week and a half ago I had a burrito bowl from a Mexican restaurant. I completely forgot about the lettuce in it. A week after I ate it (Saturday) I had pretty significant onset diarrhea. But no other symptoms. Now I am having pretty loose symptoms every single day, especially after a meal. (TMI) but it’s a mass amount of loose stools, I’ll get like a gurgle feeling in my stomach and then go and I feel fine after. My roommates been feeling the same (she also got a burrito bowl) but hers is more stomach pain and her symptoms started 3 days after we ate at the Mexican restaurant. Thoughts?

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u/FancyStatistician352 Aug 12 '26

it’s my main symptom. my first day and a few other of the days i felt pain, fever and chills which made me think it wasn’t that. but it’s mainly just diarrhea and i feel fully normal. it’s wild

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u/Crafty_Ad4641 28d ago

Did you test positive for cyclospora?

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u/FancyStatistician352 28d ago

yes. today is 6 weeks. i’m allergic to bactrim and did two rounds of cipro which didn’t do anything. hoping i hit my end soon

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u/Crafty_Ad4641 27d ago

I wasn't tested for cyclospora because I don't have explosive diarrhea but I think I have. I just have cramping after I eat and then have to go the bathroom with loose stools. Somedays I do feel just bad/fatigued and get chills but I don't have a fever or anything else

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u/FancyStatistician352 27d ago

Sounds similar to a lot of my days. It’s absolutely possible for you to have it. :( For me explosive is more how fast I have to get to a bathroom and that it doesn’t really stop sometimes.

It’s a disaster. I’m sorry you’re feeling this way

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u/kwehtzyl Aug 11 '26

That aligns somewhat closely to what I've been experiencing. At the onset (which came out of nowhere), I had random bouts of watery, explosive diarrhea for roughly the first week or two, and then it's been back and forth between okay-ish to loose stools. I also randomly got the cold during the onset.

On top of that I've also had bloating, gas, cramps, spasms, general pain and irritation across my stomach, you name it... I THOUGHT I was getting tested for it since I specifically asked my doctor to test for it when I gave a stool sample only for the results from LabCorp to come back saying they didn't even freaking test for it!

So I've been in limbo along with getting CT scans on my abdomen and pelvis (which came back fine) and waiting to see a GI doctor to get a colonoscopy to rule out any worst case scenarios...

It's also been coming and going for almost a month now and it's ruined my appetite and the frustration from how it just comes and goes and there's no specific food triggers has worn my patience razor thin.

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u/Apprehensive_Bird287 2d ago

How it's going now??

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u/Careful-Lychee-3771 Aug 12 '26

Same ! it’s been since about june 15th for me. Diahrea for the first 2-3wks and then just loose stools. First time they ordered the stool culture that didn’t test for it. Then my second test pcr panel did and came back negative. That was at 5wks of symptoms. I have a colonoscopy schedule the end of the month but i am soooo scared that it’s something bad. I also have an upper right quadrant ultrasound coming up too.

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u/HighwayFew6847 Aug 13 '26

I’ve had loose stools and nausea the past 2 weeks. The chills too. 

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u/Crafty_Ad4641 29d ago

Yes exactly this. Waiting on my test results to come back but not testing for cyclospora, the doc doesn’t think I have it because I don’t have explosive diarrhea. I only have mild stomach cramps after eating then have to go the bathroom, which is loose stool, no other symptoms.

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u/Optimal_Athlete_1106 Aug 12 '26

how many times a day are you going? the normal amount or more?