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What Causes Severe Abdominal Pain Along With Diarrhea And Vomiting?
Hi, my name is Jen. I m 44 years old. Starting about 20 years ago, I ve had horrible bowel episodes that include: sudden and excruciating abdominal convulsions while on the toilet, resulting from (most often constipation) but most recently diarrhea; vomiting from the convulsions during constipation; intense sweating, faintness, extreme all-over weakness. This seems to be consistent with IBS symptoms, but the episodes only happen once or twice every 2-3 years. They come on very quickly and out of the blue, are horrible just let me die NOW experiences, and as soon as it s over, it s over (except the physical exhaustion and left-over cramping from the trauma). I haven t seen any pattern or consistency. The episodes don t seem to correlate with my diet, frame of mind, medications, level of physical activity or ANYTHING. Can you shed some light on what this may be???
Wed, 25 Sep 2019
Hi,
Watery loose stools are in most cases caused by dietary causes or infectious ones. If this is caused by diet then he should try to rest more and switch to a diet of clear liquids.
Drink water, juice, bouillon and weak tea to avoid becoming dehydrated.
Replace lost fluids and electrolytes with sports drinks. Avoid coffee or soft drinks that contain caffeine, since caffeine increases the loss of water and salt.
If you have nausea in addition to diarrhea, take very small sips of fluid frequently and suck on ice chips.
He also may consider over-the-counter medications such as bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol) or loperamide (Imodium).
In cases of infectious diarrheas, you should do microbiologist testing of stool and see the exact microbe and then antibiotics can be used additionaly.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Iven Romic Rommstein, General Surgeon
Watery loose stools are in most cases caused by dietary causes or infectious ones. If this is caused by diet then he should try to rest more and switch to a diet of clear liquids.
Drink water, juice, bouillon and weak tea to avoid becoming dehydrated.
Replace lost fluids and electrolytes with sports drinks. Avoid coffee or soft drinks that contain caffeine, since caffeine increases the loss of water and salt.
If you have nausea in addition to diarrhea, take very small sips of fluid frequently and suck on ice chips.
He also may consider over-the-counter medications such as bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol) or loperamide (Imodium).
In cases of infectious diarrheas, you should do microbiologist testing of stool and see the exact microbe and then antibiotics can be used additionaly.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Iven Romic Rommstein, General Surgeon
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