Do you ever experience blood in toilet or tissue after a bowel movement?
hello,
a few months ago i got food poisoning i believe from bad vegan cheese. an hour or so after eating i had immense air in my stomach pushing at all ends, got sick, was over next morning. no big deal. had the stomach virus a few times since then as well, but kept that battle in my intestines and never threw up ( i eat stupid healthy and take probiotic pills). within the past month i have been getting a lot of air in my stomach after a meal, usually about 30 mins to an hour later. pushes up and down on my stomach so i basically burp a lot and even will have to go #2. i get light headed, sometimes worse than others. after a few hours, it all passes. i can literally feel the gas/air pass through my intestines. once it's gone, all is well. its annoying. acid reflux sounds legit, but why is all of this starting AFTER a terrible bout of food poisoning? i've always had a bit of excess air in my stomach but never like this. i will admit to liking spicy foods, light to moderate alcohol (no binge drinking or anything hard). but i really very healthy, mostly organic vegetarian with loads of fiber.
for years now, ive been plagued with burping (if it matters, i am a 50+ year old male). like others in this blog page - doctors 'theorized' about a variety of medically-named-maladies that might be affecting me. like many on this page, most of my life nothing was ever found to be 'officially wrong' with me.
two years ago, i eventually started to experiment with my diet. i discovered that my gastro-intestinal tract is much less bloated and i have totally eliminated burping with the new diet. i can actually say that i no longer burp (as long as i stay true to my diet). whenever i slip off of my new diet - i will have these same symptoms again! so in my case - this cause/result cycle is both controllable and repeatable.
so what were the things i had to eliminate from my diet? milk products, gluten products, and sugar.
my belief is that these products, for one reason or another, are simply not well digested in MY system, and thus pass down the digestive tract where internal bacteria basically feed on these undigested products. one of the by-products of this bacterial action is the formation of gas. (in fact, for those who dont know, the process of bacteria fermenting grain and sugars is whats responsible for making alcohol - so this is not a unique action that only takes place in the human gut.) by eliminating these food sources for my internal-sugar-fermenting-bacteria, i simply dont have this as an issue any longer.
in addition, for most of my life i have also had sinus related allergies. i also discovered that with a sugar-restricted diet, my sinus allergy symptoms are less severe than when i am consuming these sugar and gluten products.
of course, many of those writing in this column may find they may have some other physical issues that are causing their discomfort. but i'd be willing to bet that for the majority of others who possess otherwise-functioning-normally digestive systems - trying such a diet might be as helpful for you as it was for me. i'd highly recommend trying it, you've got nothing to loose and lots to potentially gain.
the hardest part of this is you find real soon that pre-packaged food mostly contains these things - so youve really got to educate yourself about whats in the food you eat, and read labels. food that you prepare yourself will likely be the fast track path to help you through this test as most pre-packaged food has so much c**p in it.
good luck...
greg aiken
san diego
with all of you experiancingh light headedness with your symptoms should consult another doctor. You may need to rule out heart conditions that are not showing up all the time. Ask them to do a 24 hour halter monitor test. which hopefully will catch an episode of these symptoms and rule out any cardiac issues. Light headiness is not a symptom of GERD nor is breathing problems unless your highly anxious during an attack.
Have you ever find out what causes it? I hope you can reply to this post. It's been 6 months I have the same problem - lightheaded, gas, burping makes it better, hard time breathing, and pressure in my chest feels like heart attack. I am young woman, don't smoke, don't drink. Heart is fine, all tests are fine, but still feel sick.
I had the EXACT same problem and H Pylori. Stop drinking milk and clean out you refrigerator.
iI AM FINISHED THE PREVPAC TO BATTLE H PYLORI AND ITS BEEN TWO WEEKS AND I STILL FEEL THE SAME WAY WHEN I WAS DIAGNOST WITH IT. I HAVE GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS. SPECIALY AT NIGHT I FEEL WORST, VERY BLOATED SHORT OF BREATH WAKES ME UP. I AM VERY CONSTIPATED. I AM WAITING FOR THE FOUR WEEKS TO GET MY BREATH CHECK TO SEE THE RESULTS. ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT I THINK ALL THE ANTIBIOTICS MAKE THIS RESULTS OF THE TREATMENT. IT IS SO STRONG THAT IT IS LIKE A WOUND IT TAKES TIME TO FEEL BETTER. YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE, THERE IS PROBABLY MANY PERSONS LIKE YOU AND ME, . LETS JUST PRAY FOR US TO GE CURE OF THIS AGGRESSIVE BACTERIA. I TAKE TWO YOUGARTS DURING THE DAY. STAY AWAY FROM GREASY AND SPICY FOOD. EAT SMALL PORTIONS. EAT EARLY IN THE EVENING. TAKE SOME ANTI-ACID MEDICATION BEFORE A MEAL. GOOD LUCK. ASK YOUR DOCTOR TO PRESCRIBE YOU SOME ANTI ACID MEDICATION.
I have been having this problem for about 12 years now, off and on. I do not drink alcohol or smoke or do any sort of drugs (I don't even like taking panadol tablets etc) I do have sometimes up to 3 cups of coffee a day nowadays. It is possible that stress increases the problem and definitely yoghurt causes severe issues. I will have palpitations and feel that i am going to pass out. Sometimes this can go on for the whole day and days at a time. Other times, just now and then throughout the day but it's now an everyday problem and very debilitating. (I am a single parent with no-one to help and I am petrified that something really bad is going to happen to me) A single burp used to help, now I am finding i have to force alot of burping and make sure i have some mineral water handy, or i fear i will faint because burping only just holds it at bay and i'm still getting severely dizzy. I feel like I am not getting enough oxygen and deep breaths do not seem to give me any more oxygen but in fact increase the dizziness. I have passed out a number of times before (though not for many years) and the feeling is exactly the same. When i was in my HSC years at school I was put on Epilim due to an incident of fainting at school. The neurologist said he wasn't sure exactly WHAT it was but the EEG showed some extra brain signal activity so put me on medication. (i now believe it was this same heart issue) I could tell I didn't need them and within 5 years of starting them, I had taken myself off them with zero effects and zero fainting periods. (except if i have bloods taken while I am sitting upright. That always makes me faint) Follow up with him and another EEg showed that I was correct- the issue was no longer presenting itself.I definitely have some sort of reflux, i rarely burp now without regurgitating (trying to put that nicely) Exercise does not cause me any issues. (In fact it usually makes me feel better ?) I have had tests- no success. They all say I'm fine.
I do find that sometimes dissolving aspro clear can help ease the feeling.
About 8years ago I had a cardiologist do surgery to try and ablate the pathway causing the tachycardia (he thought it was SVT) - he couldn't find the path so couldn't fix it. He COULD make the palpatations happen but had no idea why. ..so figured he must have been incorrect about the SVT. Same story with the other heart doctors I have seen- they have NO CLUE.
Occasionally i get extremely severe symptoms which appear to be a heart attack (strong pain in the jaw, chest, shoulder, down the arm, down my leg, struggling to breathe and so on) but experience has shown me that going to hospital in an ambulance still ends up with tests producing no results..and it *looks* like phantom heart attacks. So i have given up going down that route (and i'm still here ...besides - as a single parent of an autistic child, popping off to hospital in an ambulance for what turns out to be nothing just isn't going to happen) At the time these are happening I do take measures to try and counter it. Aspirin, deep coughs, deep breaths, adjusting posture, checking my blood pressure and so on. ..No idea if I am in fact intervening a serious episode but the blood pressure monitor does record that there is an unusual event happening. ..so it's not my imagination.
I have numerous food intolerances and allergies. There was a time when i couldn't lie down on my right side at all because the pain was crippling. I would even get nausea and vomiting for about 2-3 hours. I have only recently discovered that It's managed by cutting out chicken(I thought it was oil but I can still have some oil and not be violently ill.. i just cannot have chicken cooked in oil without being violently ill ... and possibly chicken any other time (I'm allergic to eggs so probably allergic to chicken as well - yes it exists) or even alot of very rich foods(like chic chip cookies and so on..which i don't like now anyway- processed foods contain a stack of allergens so I need to eat clean).I worked out that it was my gall bladder causing the severe pain. Doctor says he thinks I get gallstones now and then(I still have to go have that scan done). Buscopan has also been my saviour in these instances. It can nip the vomiting and diarrhoea in the bud. Not sure if thats a good thing but at least I can function normally once it kicks in. I cannot have yeast (I've been very allergic to yeast for at least 25 years) without producing gas (and other symptoms-itching, irritability and so on. Likewise with salicylates) and hence pain as well, particularly when lying down.
These symptoms may be completely unrelated.. though i don't think anything in our body is unrelated.
It should also be noted that i NEVER get a good night sleep. I think this has only been the case since my son was born -5 years ago-so does not explain the years prior to that, that i was getting the symptoms, The bad nights sleep could be due to the fact that he was a severe insomniac since day 1 and still has bouts of it whenever he is worried. In addition, as a single parent living in areas with unsavoury neighbours, i am always in flight or fight mode) I am up several times a night (usually to urinate) Sometimes with insomnia for hours. Other times suffering the above symptoms. Occasionally it's the symptoms that wake me up. And every single time i wake up suddenly i get palpitations. That is a given.
This seems like a prolific problem and no-one seems to have come up with the answers. Everywhere i turn i hear that people are getting the same symptoms, yet no-one has an answer yet. :( I am not posting here in the hope of an answer because I don't think anyone has one yet, but am posting in the hope that there will be that one doctor out there who sees these posts and who sees that someone who has a fairly good eating habits and no bad habits, is also getting this (i.e it's not systematic of a bad lifestyle- aside from the stress factor) and hopefully there will be that ONE doctor/specialist out there who FINALLY finds the connection and the cure (or at very least treatment) for this. If that's you .. and you're reading this. Please save us!! :D
Hi, I realize that this thread is well over a year old...but, I'd still like to throw in my 2 cents as to what is probably the cause of 90% of the poster's suffering on here. I had similar symptoms (dizziness,burping,near fainting, feeling of heart attack or stroke like sensations,lethargy,nausea) for close to a decade before FINALLY realizing what the culprit was all along. It's your BREATHING patterns/habits! I went through every test imaginable from CT and ultra sound scans, blood panels, endoscopy, EKG, H. Pylori, all showing normal results. I cut soda, dairy, coffee out of my diet as well, and still, nothing really changed. It wasn't until about 8 months ago, that I finally realized the cause of it, and felt quite stupid for having not noticed it before, but it was such an ingrained habit that it wasn't plainly obvious to me. The problem, was shallow breathing (hyperventilation) when I'd be nervous, focused on something, or being worried about some of the other things I thought were the triggers (such as after eating certain foods, smoking cigarettes ect..) A lot of you are complaining about having these symptoms at night before bed, it's because you're EXPECTING and ANTICIPATING them, which causes anxiety, which causes you to breath incorrectly, and you don't even notice it! This sort of breathing causes a carbon monoxide build up in the blood from a lack of the proper amount of oxygen, and it also causes excessive air to build up in your stomach and diaphragm (referred to as "swallowing air"); no, it's not killing you, but it will cause most of the symptoms a lot of you have complained of...lightheaded, nauseated, digestive discomfort, burping (that seems to provide a little relief), tightness in chest, feelings of numbness or tightness as a result of subconscious muscle contraction, and a myriad of other anxiety symptoms. I urge a lot of you to really pay attention to your breathing habits, and the next time you start experiencing one of these episodes, try and relax, and take deep breaths slowly inhaled through your nose, and exhaled out of your mouth. I went through hell with these symptoms for years, and since realizing it was a simple matter of cognitively changing my breathing, I've felt amazing. Now, I've had a few of these episodes over the last few months (like when focused on a video game, or getting worked up about something), but, not only are they much milder, they only last mere minutes rather than hours or days, now that I know it's just a matter of correcting my breathing. I truly hope this really does provide an answer to what a lot of you are dealing with, because I know how draining it can be feeling miserable day in and day out. Thanks for reading. -Tony
You are right on. It sounds like a stupid thing to pin all these symptoms on but I concur with your response. I have lived with all these symptoms for 20 plus years and tried cutting all different things out of my diet to no avail. I have thought for years that if I could change my breathing pattern and habits, symptoms would melt away. It just seems too easy...... but when you live so long like this, it is so engrained that it is very difficult to learn to breath again. No medication can help this. You have to make a concerted effort to get yourself to relax and the breathing will come with it. I have been trying for three years to change these habits......... Not Easy and still very much a work in progress. Tony31, it is nice to hear that someone else thinks outside the box. People over think everything in todays world and always reach for the quick fix. I have told people close to me about how the way I breath makes me feel like c**p and no ones takes me serious.