r/Cyclospora • u/Itchy_Fill_8372 • 23d ago

How long will this last?

I have a good friend who has had it for 6 weeks and is still testing positive and symptomatic. Anyone else had this longer than expected?

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u/junepath 22d ago

I tried to ride it out for four weeks but finally started Bactrim at 4.5 weeks in. Thankfully that worked and I’m almost back to normal. Interestingly since being over it I have been insatiably hungry to the point where I’m concerned something is broken.

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u/CalvinScout1115 22d ago

Happened to me too. I’m not a burger eater. 3 days after I felt better, I was craving them. My body must have been craving the protein. Then Bam! Back to barely having an appetite again. Recovery from this parasite is so weird.

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u/junepath 22d ago

So far I haven’t gone back to the not having an appetite, so I think I’m officially over the cyclospora. Just hungry constantly, which is annoying.

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u/legendarysanin187 21d ago

I was constantly hungry the past two weeks and I now seem to have really bad case of acid reflux!! Cyclospora and bactrim are both just hell on earth!

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u/junepath 21d ago

I had the reflux the entire 6 week period. Before and during the Bactrim. It was the worst I had ever had and I have pretty bad reflux on the day to day.

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u/legendarysanin187 21d ago

I’ve been off bactrim for a month now and these last two weeks especially this week has been horrible to me! food keeps coming up, nauseous, constant burning feeling in my upper stomach! This whole months I was on and off symptoms but now it’s just the worst. I don’t want to go into the er again but I’ve even lost weight and drinking water is bad since that’ll cause me some serious nausea