Naked Science Forum
Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: syhprum on 21/06/2018 11:37:44
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on a recent trip to Indianapolis I was suffering from a severe head cold so my GP prescribed me a mixture of three antibiotics in the hope that it would prevent it spreading to my lungs with the result of expensive hospital treatment
it was effective and of course it did nothing for the head cold.
when I came back I found I had lost 6.5 Kg in weight do presumably to it killing the normal digestive bacteria in my stomach
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I would be surprised if it was the killing of gut bacteria unless you had a change of bowel movement eg fast & loose!
I recently had a prolonged period on antibiotics including iv and ended up gaining weight due to inactivity.
Worth looking at other causes.
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I normally have swollen legs and feet due to blood pressure medication and when I came back they had gone real thin, the problem was exacerbated by lack of decent food which mostly was not "up" to MacDonald's standard even in pricey restaurants and the high temperature 35°C now I am home and eating about 4000 K calories a day of good quality food I am back to my normal 81 Kg albeit with swollen legs.
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Antibiotic effects on the GI system typically cause symptoms over a longer period of time, not short-term weight loss. Assuming your intake is not matching your output?