Diarrhea After Eating

Sounds like a bug. You can try Immodium (instead of Pepto). Also, eat foods that can cause constipation like rice, chocolate and bananas. Stay away from dairy products. Hope you feel better today.

Hi Victoria,

I just went through this and turned out I had an infection in my colon. After a week it wasn't getting better so went to the doctor and they did a stool sample to ensure it wasn't a virus, then after another week went to a GI doctor. I was given a antibiotic and am just now (after almost 3 weeks) feeling back to normal. It was sudden and no other symptoms other than stomach cramping and constant diahrea. Hope you get better soon!

My husband just went through this and it lasted 6 days. We finally went to the hospital and they said it was an infection in his intestines. He tried Immodium and it did help a little but not much. It had to run its course. They put him on an antibiotic and antispasmodal. He is finally back to work today. Stick to the BRAT diet, Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, and toast and eat very little each time, that seemed to help. Hope this helps, and blessings to you.

Hi, Victoria! You sound EXACTLY like my sister did! I hate to tell you, but hers ended up being her gall bladder. She's never had any health issues in her life (she's only 38), and this diarrhea thing went on for months. She went to the doctor, and they came up with nothing. She went home, and eventually ended up in the ER, with a surgery consult the next day. They determined it was her gall bladder. They took it out, and she hasn't had a problem since then! It is something to think about!! I wish you the best of luck!

Hi Victoria:

My brother went through this type of thing several years ago and as it turned out, he was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. Not saying that is what you have, but I would certainly have it looked into. It may be nothing, but it could be something. It's worth looking into.

Good Luck!
T.

Ask your doctor about Celiac Disease. Its an allergic reaction to wheat and gluten that can do serious damage. Soetimes it can take years for the symptoms to show themselves.

Victoria,

My daughter and son in law both went through this recently. There is so much bad food around anymore that you don't know if it's food borne bacteria or a virus that's making you sick. We're also going through colds or allergies, too. Don't know which it is. Maybe taking Pepto isn't such a good idea if it's bacteria or a virus your body needs to purge. You said as soon as you eat, it happens again. That makes sense if it's still in your system.

Try the BRAT diet
Banannas, rice, applesauce and toast
also yogurt might help and drink warm herbal tea w/honey
Good luck
K.

You may have a virus (which is also what a cold is). Sometimes when your body is battling a bug there is an imbalance of good vs bad micro organisms in the digestive tract.
You can become dehydrated and really worn down from the diarrhea which it causes. I recently had the same problem. I took a nutritional supplement called acidophillus (good micro organisms). 2 capsuls three times a day on an empty stomach gave instantaneous relief. It is also found in some yogurt products however
when you are ill you need more so capsul form is a good way to get it. It can be found at a health food or vitamin store. There are no side effects. It just works!

See the Doctor. Also, ask for lactose intolerance test. One of the flags for lactose intolerance is the 'runs'.

I started having problems at 19 and was not diagnoseed until my early 20s. It took the third doctor to get it right. Are you putting butter on your toast and are you drinking milk? Are you putting cheese on your sandwiches?
You might not have this at all.

Good Luck

Hi Victoria! I went through a period of 6 weeks with constant diarrhea. I went to the doctor 3 times and the third time, he had me send a stool sample to the hospital to be tested. I had giardia (a parasite) growing in my intestines. We had been camping (the water was city water) and went to an all you can eat seafood bar. The first thing they thought was the water at the campground. Once they heard it was city water, the doctor asked if I had any seafood. When I told him that I did, he said that the seafood probably wasn't kept either hot or cold enough. This parasite lives in shellfish and if not kept at a proper temp, it will transfer into you. Keep this in mind if your diarrhea doesn't go away. Good Luck! C.

I just read in the paper the other day they are still seeing a high number of actual "flu", not swine and stomach flu's going around. You don't have to be vomiting to have a stomach bug you could be lower intestine which will strictly cause diarrhea. You don't have to eat while you're doing this, just make sure and keep hydrated. Eat in a few days when it goes away.

Do you work in a hospital setting? My mother in law is a nurse in a hospital and had unexplainable constant diarhea and after having a stool sample tested found she had some kind of infection that hospital workers get. Her doctor couldn't help her until she insisted on the stool sample test and found she was right. I don't know the name of the infection, I think it started with a 'C'. Just a thought I had when you described your symptom.