Some patients are carriers of the organism and do not develop an active infection. These individuals may shed the organism and cause environmental contamination. Generally, mild C. diff infection (in addition to diarrhea) may result in: abdominal pain and cramping,
vasovesiculitis (vay-zoh-ve-sik-yoo-ly-tis) n. inflammation of the seminal vesicles and vas deferens. This usually occurs in association with prostatitis and causes pain in the perineum, groin, and scrotum and a high temperature.
Radiculopathy is a term that refers to compression, injury, or dysfunction of a spinal nerve root. Radiculitis is a term that describes inflammation of a spinal nerve root and may accompany radiculopathy. Both can result in radicular pain, which is pain that radiates in a dermatomal pattern that is innervated by that particular nerve root.