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Stomach Cramp, Diarrhea, sweating , light headedness and fainting
I have experienced on 4 occasions in the last 6 years a rather weird Diarrhoea attack which really is painful and scary. Here is a description of what occurs.
1. Sudden abdominal pain which increases in intensity over a short time. The same sensation one might get when they are about to get Diarrhoea.
2. I go to the toilet and try excreting whatever wants to come out. However after about a minute of sitting there with nothing coming out I suddenly few light headed and am starting to get a dizzy spell like I am about to faint and my breathing weakens.
3. This borderline fainting sensation lasts for about another minute before I break out into a sudden sweat all over my body. Within a few seconds I have sweat literally pouring out of me, my clothes are wet as if I ran a marathon or something.
4. After a minute of sweating I suddenly feel something coming out of my rear end. I try to squeeze it out and only a hard stool comes out.
5. The sweating stops and the stomach cramp subsides. I think everything is over and I clean up. I walk out of the toilet and in about 2 minutes time the stomach cramp and the fainting sensation comes back (I've fainted only once to date from this and was out for about 15-20 minutes).
6. When I get back to the toilet I have a really violent Diarrhoea episode in pure liquid state. It takes a few minutes to subside and once I
1. Sudden abdominal pain which increases in intensity over a short time. The same sensation one might get when they are about to get Diarrhoea.
2. I go to the toilet and try excreting whatever wants to come out. However after about a minute of sitting there with nothing coming out I suddenly few light headed and am starting to get a dizzy spell like I am about to faint and my breathing weakens.
3. This borderline fainting sensation lasts for about another minute before I break out into a sudden sweat all over my body. Within a few seconds I have sweat literally pouring out of me, my clothes are wet as if I ran a marathon or something.
4. After a minute of sweating I suddenly feel something coming out of my rear end. I try to squeeze it out and only a hard stool comes out.
5. The sweating stops and the stomach cramp subsides. I think everything is over and I clean up. I walk out of the toilet and in about 2 minutes time the stomach cramp and the fainting sensation comes back (I've fainted only once to date from this and was out for about 15-20 minutes).
6. When I get back to the toilet I have a really violent Diarrhoea episode in pure liquid state. It takes a few minutes to subside and once I
I have had this on and off since I was around 23 (I'm now 37). It almost always happens at night while I'm sleeping. I wake up to feeling "weird"...pain in my stomach and feel like I need to go to the bathroom. I go to the toilet and sit and wait. The pain is horrible. I feel like I might vomit. I begin to get hot and sweaty and feel like I'm going to pass out. Sometimes my legs start to shake like I'm freezing or extremely nervous. At times, my arms or legs will feel a bit numb or like pins and needles. During this episode I usually end up belching very loud and forcefully like I have an extreme build-up of gas. Usually I have constipation that ends with diarrhea. After I poo I feel better for a bit and then it comes on again. I do not feel better until I have pooed out whatever is causing all of the issue....even then sometimes my body feels tired or my lower back hurts. I have been told I have IBS....I have noticed a couple of times that this has happened has been after eating a lot of fiber (raisin bran, broccoli, etc). I cannot drink alcohol or this will usually end up happening.
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Also....during this episode I try to breathe through it so that I (hopefully) don't pass out. I start breathing in and out slowly and rub my tummy to try to help whatever it is to move. Hope this helps.
I'm 35 years old, and experienced my first attack when I was 12 years old. Doctors have no idea what is wrong so I have stopped listening to them in regards to it. Some of my siblings experience similar episodes and including father so I am sure there is a genetic component to this problem. I am very healthy. I have annual checkups and blood tests. I exercise and am fit as a fiddle. I know that I don't suffer from any medical conditions.
I am a pharmacy student, and I recently learned of allergic diarrhea. What we experience can be triggered by foods that have been exposed to or contain bisulfite. Your body will try to eliminate everything in your gut in whichever way possible by defection, vomiting, or both.
The cramping and the pain is extremely painful which leads to anxiety and if you suffer from anxiety, this will exacerbate that problem. The pain leads to extreme physical stress which can trigger vasovagal syncope which I have experienced at least 13 times in my life. Sometimes I grip something really hard, and the pain in my hands will help direct my mind to a focal point and helps keep me from fainting. By keeping your head low will help prevent you from fainting as well. It helps keep blood flowing to the brain since there is a drop in your blood pressure. Wrapping your arms around your abdomen will help with the pain as the heat and pressure will help relax your abdominal muscles. Do all this and allow your body to expel whatever it had a bad reaction to.
The pain will go away once your body has eliminated everything that it needs to. The sweating and fatigue that follows are our bodies recovering mechanisms. Drink some fluid and sleep it off.
Don't let this ruin your life. I do everything I want, and I have a great life. I deal with this as it comes. It is traumatic, and it is something that is always on the back of my mind. It took me years to learn something that made sense to me. I understand that it is an allergic reaction, and there is really nothing wrong with me. I hope this helps most of you. Don't let this hinder you from enjoying your life to the fullest.
I am a pharmacy student, and I recently learned of allergic diarrhea. What we experience can be triggered by foods that have been exposed to or contain bisulfite. Your body will try to eliminate everything in your gut in whichever way possible by defection, vomiting, or both.
The cramping and the pain is extremely painful which leads to anxiety and if you suffer from anxiety, this will exacerbate that problem. The pain leads to extreme physical stress which can trigger vasovagal syncope which I have experienced at least 13 times in my life. Sometimes I grip something really hard, and the pain in my hands will help direct my mind to a focal point and helps keep me from fainting. By keeping your head low will help prevent you from fainting as well. It helps keep blood flowing to the brain since there is a drop in your blood pressure. Wrapping your arms around your abdomen will help with the pain as the heat and pressure will help relax your abdominal muscles. Do all this and allow your body to expel whatever it had a bad reaction to.
The pain will go away once your body has eliminated everything that it needs to. The sweating and fatigue that follows are our bodies recovering mechanisms. Drink some fluid and sleep it off.
Don't let this ruin your life. I do everything I want, and I have a great life. I deal with this as it comes. It is traumatic, and it is something that is always on the back of my mind. It took me years to learn something that made sense to me. I understand that it is an allergic reaction, and there is really nothing wrong with me. I hope this helps most of you. Don't let this hinder you from enjoying your life to the fullest.
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I get this quite a lot pains in my stomach feel sick and as though I'm gonna faint I sit on the loo with my head down then have diorrehea then comes the sweating hot one minute cold the next I feel like I'm gonna pass out but this eases after I have gone to the toilet the same happens a few times after tho I suffer with anxiety and had just taken one new tablet and wonder if it was this. I am waiting for an ultra sound to see if I have gall stones or a hernia too x
I also had all of the above just yesterday . I have had these episodes in my lifetime about 6 or 7 times now but in the last ten years . It makes you feel so helpless as if I didn't have someone around I'm sure I'd of passed out for sure.
I just made the toilet in time where eventually had terrible dhiohrea.the pains in lower abdomen are awful and of feeling sick too . But the worst feeling of all is the sweating when it's happening like someone poured a bath full of water over you but cold sweat you
feel faint the only way I can describe it is when you having surgery and getting the injection to knock you out .
I'd love to know the cause but wondered if divaticulosis had anything to do with it .is there anyone out there in the
Medical Feild that knows what this is .
I just made the toilet in time where eventually had terrible dhiohrea.the pains in lower abdomen are awful and of feeling sick too . But the worst feeling of all is the sweating when it's happening like someone poured a bath full of water over you but cold sweat you
feel faint the only way I can describe it is when you having surgery and getting the injection to knock you out .
I'd love to know the cause but wondered if divaticulosis had anything to do with it .is there anyone out there in the
Medical Feild that knows what this is .
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Im 54 yr old female.I've had this happen a handful of times.it usually happens when I take a laxative but has happened without before. It happened this morning. I was on the floor sweating & freezing. It's been over an hour and I can't get warm. I've mentioned this to my gastroenteroligist but she didn't have anything to say.
Hi everyone! I'm glad that i'm not alone in this boat, but after reading a few of the comments i am only getting more afraid as it seems like there's no specific name or cause of these kind of incident.
I'm 18 now and have had about 5 of these incidents in the past 2 years. The first time i had it was when i was 17 and it happened in a shopping mall and i was alone. First was the stomach cramps, which i just thought was normal so i went to the toilet. Then came the immense sharp pain at my abdominal area, and then the cold sweat. I was texting my mom at that time because i didn't know what to do. After everything came out, the pain didn't subside and i just sat on the toilet floor and wailed while i spoke to my mom. Miraculously i managed to get up and met my mother who picked me up to bring me to the hospital. Unfortunately the hospital was too crowded and by then the pain has subsided. The next few times that this happened was when i was with my friends, and it was really not pretty. I'd just sit with my head down while i wait for the pain to subside, either that or i'd just go to the toilet to suffer alone. But however, the worst of which happened during my A levels where after my paper i went home ate my dinner, and then the same pain came -- very suddenly this time. I knew it was going to be bad but oh boy i wasn't prepared for it. Same sequence of which the sharp pain came, and then diarrhoea and cold sweat, but this time a surge from within my stomach came and i vomited all over the floor. And then i pooped the kind of watery poop. I went to the doctor after that, and he was pretty much useless because he said it'd be hard to determine if it was food poisoning or any problem, so i just got the usual anti biotics and pills for cramping. Initially i thought that this happened to me because i am 2 year into my eating disorder recovery so my body may still be weak or not used to food, but i see it's not just me who is experiencing this.
Honestly, up till now, whenever i am out or even at home, i still fear that this would happen again. And it kind of saddens me how nobody can still pin point this occurrences. Though i am glad that i am not alone in this, i'm still really fearful for the next event. if there are any tips on foods i should stay away from or how to handle the situation if it does occur again please do let me know. Thanks!
I'm 18 now and have had about 5 of these incidents in the past 2 years. The first time i had it was when i was 17 and it happened in a shopping mall and i was alone. First was the stomach cramps, which i just thought was normal so i went to the toilet. Then came the immense sharp pain at my abdominal area, and then the cold sweat. I was texting my mom at that time because i didn't know what to do. After everything came out, the pain didn't subside and i just sat on the toilet floor and wailed while i spoke to my mom. Miraculously i managed to get up and met my mother who picked me up to bring me to the hospital. Unfortunately the hospital was too crowded and by then the pain has subsided. The next few times that this happened was when i was with my friends, and it was really not pretty. I'd just sit with my head down while i wait for the pain to subside, either that or i'd just go to the toilet to suffer alone. But however, the worst of which happened during my A levels where after my paper i went home ate my dinner, and then the same pain came -- very suddenly this time. I knew it was going to be bad but oh boy i wasn't prepared for it. Same sequence of which the sharp pain came, and then diarrhoea and cold sweat, but this time a surge from within my stomach came and i vomited all over the floor. And then i pooped the kind of watery poop. I went to the doctor after that, and he was pretty much useless because he said it'd be hard to determine if it was food poisoning or any problem, so i just got the usual anti biotics and pills for cramping. Initially i thought that this happened to me because i am 2 year into my eating disorder recovery so my body may still be weak or not used to food, but i see it's not just me who is experiencing this.
Honestly, up till now, whenever i am out or even at home, i still fear that this would happen again. And it kind of saddens me how nobody can still pin point this occurrences. Though i am glad that i am not alone in this, i'm still really fearful for the next event. if there are any tips on foods i should stay away from or how to handle the situation if it does occur again please do let me know. Thanks!
Hi everyone! I'm glad that i'm not alone in this boat, but after reading a few of the comments i am only getting more afraid as it seems like there's no specific name or cause of these kind of incident.
I'm 18 now and have had about 5 of these incidents in the past 2 years. The first time i had it was when i was 17 and it happened in a shopping mall and i was alone. First was the stomach cramps, which i just thought was normal so i went to the toilet. Then came the immense sharp pain at my abdominal area, and then the cold sweat. I was texting my mom at that time because i didn't know what to do. After everything came out, the pain didn't subside and i just sat on the toilet floor and wailed while i spoke to my mom. Miraculously i managed to get up and met my mother who picked me up to bring me to the hospital. Unfortunately the hospital was too crowded and by then the pain has subsided. The next few times that this happened was when i was with my friends, and it was really not pretty. I'd just sit with my head down while i wait for the pain to subside, either that or i'd just go to the toilet to suffer alone. But however, the worst of which happened during my A levels where after my paper i went home ate my dinner, and then the same pain came -- very suddenly this time. I knew it was going to be bad but oh boy i wasn't prepared for it. Same sequence of which the sharp pain came, and then diarrhoea and cold sweat, but this time a surge from within my stomach came and i vomited all over the floor. And then i pooped the kind of watery poop. I went to the doctor after that, and he was pretty much useless because he said it'd be hard to determine if it was food poisoning or any problem, so i just got the usual anti biotics and pills for cramping. Initially i thought that this happened to me because i am 2 year into my eating disorder recovery so my body may still be weak or not used to food, but i see it's not just me who is experiencing this.
Honestly, up till now, whenever i am out or even at home, i still fear that this would happen again. And it kind of saddens me how nobody can still pin point this occurrences. Though i am glad that i am not alone in this, i'm still really fearful for the next event. if there are any tips on foods i should stay away from or how to handle the situation if it does occur again please do let me know. Thanks!
I'm 18 now and have had about 5 of these incidents in the past 2 years. The first time i had it was when i was 17 and it happened in a shopping mall and i was alone. First was the stomach cramps, which i just thought was normal so i went to the toilet. Then came the immense sharp pain at my abdominal area, and then the cold sweat. I was texting my mom at that time because i didn't know what to do. After everything came out, the pain didn't subside and i just sat on the toilet floor and wailed while i spoke to my mom. Miraculously i managed to get up and met my mother who picked me up to bring me to the hospital. Unfortunately the hospital was too crowded and by then the pain has subsided. The next few times that this happened was when i was with my friends, and it was really not pretty. I'd just sit with my head down while i wait for the pain to subside, either that or i'd just go to the toilet to suffer alone. But however, the worst of which happened during my A levels where after my paper i went home ate my dinner, and then the same pain came -- very suddenly this time. I knew it was going to be bad but oh boy i wasn't prepared for it. Same sequence of which the sharp pain came, and then diarrhoea and cold sweat, but this time a surge from within my stomach came and i vomited all over the floor. And then i pooped the kind of watery poop. I went to the doctor after that, and he was pretty much useless because he said it'd be hard to determine if it was food poisoning or any problem, so i just got the usual anti biotics and pills for cramping. Initially i thought that this happened to me because i am 2 year into my eating disorder recovery so my body may still be weak or not used to food, but i see it's not just me who is experiencing this.
Honestly, up till now, whenever i am out or even at home, i still fear that this would happen again. And it kind of saddens me how nobody can still pin point this occurrences. Though i am glad that i am not alone in this, i'm still really fearful for the next event. if there are any tips on foods i should stay away from or how to handle the situation if it does occur again please do let me know. Thanks!
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I agree. This happens to me once every few years. I'm scared I'll be driving or somewhere I can't use the restroom and I have children. Now it's become a feared obsession and it's hard to go to eat dinner without thinking if I'll have my episode. It's scary and Ive gone through lots of testing and nothing.. a whole new level of anxiety though!!
Over the last 6years, I am now 31 I have had a very similar issue.
I always assumed it might be my heart, and only because I get dizzy and it forces me to get low, I literally find myself face down to get some relief, and if I try to get up I feel like fainting.
I sweat, get very dizzy, nauseas and very bad cramps that will 9/10 end without me defecating.
However last night for the first time I did pass stool and then quite a large amount of soft stool. This happened whilst I was face down on the floor, and I couldn't get up!
I will mention that every time this has happened I always feel the need to get low, and I get cramps.
I always assumed it might be my heart, and only because I get dizzy and it forces me to get low, I literally find myself face down to get some relief, and if I try to get up I feel like fainting.
I sweat, get very dizzy, nauseas and very bad cramps that will 9/10 end without me defecating.
However last night for the first time I did pass stool and then quite a large amount of soft stool. This happened whilst I was face down on the floor, and I couldn't get up!
I will mention that every time this has happened I always feel the need to get low, and I get cramps.
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