Weakness in the leg muscles and limping can be a sign of sciatica. 1  The sciatic nerves are the largest nerves in the body and are about the size of the little finger. They come out of the spinal column low in the back and then go behind the hip joint, down the buttock, and down the back of the leg to the foot.
Clostridium difficile (C. 1  Clostridium difficile colitis is an infection of the colon by the bacterium, Clostridium difficile ( C. difficile 2  ). C. difficile causes colitis by producing toxins that damage the lining of the colon.  The symptoms of C. difficile colitis are fever, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.
Not everybody infected with C. difficile develops colitis. Many infants and young children, and even some adults, are carriers (they are infected but have no symptoms) of C. difficile. C. difficile does not cause colitis in these people probably because; the bacteria stay in the colon as non-active spores, and.