Getting stomach aches after eating bananas

The bananas are most likely still green; green bananas will give you every bit as bad of a belly ache as green apples but most people don't know it.

ha! we all have this problem but no answers.....c**p!

I have this problem too, ugh! I have been trying to search for answers for years now.. I haven't ate anything in the past three months besides fruits, veggies, nuts/seeds and grains, so I thought that would help a little. Not at all! I just had a small banana and I am in agony at work! Help!!!

so i have this same problem and by looking at all of your responses you all seemed like you care about your health, i was wondering if we had more things in common? since you guys are healthy i can only assume that you guys work out as well maybe? maybe have a high protien diet? just wondering because i do and i only noticed this problem after i increased my protein intack.. maybe you supplement with shakes or any other supplements really all the input would help cause im sure we all use something, maybe we can find some common ground?

What a great topic, i have been having these chest pains on & off for a couple of years without knowing what it was, i had a banana this morning as i do most mornings & 2 hours later i was doubled up in pain. I am going to lay off them for a week just to see if the pain stops.

Steve

I have the same problem but mine does not just occur when I eat bananas, I get the same kind of pain when I eat spicy food......I have lived with it now for 8 years, I did not develop these problems until I was pregnant with my son. I saw another reader describe it as pain under the ribs and the top of the stomach, like the gut area, that is EXACTLY where mine happens. Having lived with it for so long and being to numerous doctors (with no solutions) I have discovered some things that help. First is Mucelex, think that is how it is spelled, it works almost INSTANTLY for me to alleviate the pain......my stomach bloats severely when this happens and it is horrendous pain. Something else I have discovered helps is a heating pad applied to my stomach.

I'm so glad to see that I'm not alone. I've been eating bananas all my life and about 6 months ago I've been getting sick about an hour after eating raw bananas. At first I thought I was becoming lactose intolerant since I'd eat the banana w/ yogurt but later realizied it was from the banana. After eating a banana, anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hrs later, I would get absolutely HORRIBLE stomach pains where I would have to lie down and try to meditiate since the pain would be so unbearable. It usually lasts for a couple hours. It is one of the worst pains I have ever endured. I'm trying to figureout why this is happening and talked to my doctor and nurse about it and they never heard of such a thing nor have any ideas what is causing this. I guess I can no longer eat bananas but I love them so much. One more thing, I am a 35 yr old woman and have no known allergies and use to eat bananas with no problems.

Ok, so like all of you, I suddenly developed an aversion to bananas. Mine occured while I was pregnant with my son, 8 years ago. I used to eat bananas all of the time. I can eat them cooked, like in banana bread or if I cut them up and lightly pan fry to put on waffles or pancakes. I have just decided to not eat raw bananas or undercooked plaintains. I usually get intense pain in the upper region of my stomach, chills, acid and I just have to lay down and go to sleep until it passes. I also had the same painful reaction this Summer after eating a lobster salad sandwich, I was doubled over in pain for nearly 8 hours.

I have had a history of acid reflux and finally had an endoscopy a couple of months ago and it was discovered that I had a bacteria infection in the lining of my stomach called H.Pylori bacteria. Its something most people have but without symptoms. Most people won't get tested for it unless you have an ulcer or really bad heartburn, which i had the latter. The bacteria produces acid. Treatment is two weeks of intense antibiotics and acid reducers. So I was hoping to try out a banana now that it has been over a month since I finished treatment. I haven't tried it yet, but I had a spoonful of lobster salad from Stew Leonards that I have eaten for years and I'm in pain AGAIN! I was hoping I had rid the problem, but no...So I am still lost. Maybe after a few months when the bacteria has completely rid of itself, it won't hurt to eat a banana...

Interested to hear that one of you had a reaction to battered fish- I too have had this episode twice recently to just normal battered fish- tummy ach (like wind cramps ) and then violent emptying of bowels about four or five times- then fine. !st thought it was stress n tierdness coz id been major busy, but both times after a meal that had been battered fish- how odd?

I have pains after eating banans, I get severe abdominal cramping in my left side, an if i eat banana, kiwi, strawberry or pineapple I get severe ulceration in the mouth and throat.
I react to latex, and all latex fruits (nearly all fruits, and also uncooked potato, lettuce, avocado, soy (avoid tofu)). I also cannot eat fish - it gives me severe cramping and sudden toile bursts within minutes of eating any seafood.

In my mid-twenties suddenly everything I ate was leaving my body within minutes of eating, I was doubled over in pain on the floor most evenings, I went to hospital with pains in my abdomin. I had always had problems, but overnight these got dreadful. I was also suffering from feelings of depression, and upsetness, despair.

This was confused with my appendix, but when that was not the problem, I was sent home and told I was exaggerating the pains.

I had erratic weight loss and gain - within any month I would lose and gain over a stone in weight!

I was tested for latex allergy, but tests were negative. I was also tested for allergy to banana - the test was positive. I was also positive for egg yolk allergy. I am also lactose intolerant.

I was told that I had irritable bowel, and to avoid eating bananas. I spent coniderable time researching food allergies, and have discovered that my irritable bowel was actually from the foods I was eating.

My doctor advised me to try a week or two of rice and meat, and to see how things went.

I have intolerance to gluten - this took 4 weeks to get out of my system.
I stopped eating fruit - all welts, and stomach pain to the left of my abdomin disappeared.
I Have stopped eating fish.

Overall, I have cut out all the foods that I am advised to eat to be healthy, and have invested in a multi vitamin for people with defincencies.

I eat rice, meat, lactose free milk (Not soy, as it contains latex to the best of my knowledge), crisps (cooked potatoes ok for now) - but only walkers, etc - most contain vegetable oil or sg (gluten) , I can eat chocolate in moderation (Lactose).

I can eat corn - so get gluten free cereals (kelloggs mostly all contain wheat/barley, so no good).

I am afraid to eat out - there is so little I can eat, I am embarrassed to go to dinner at any friends house, or will have to suffer for days after.

What was diagnosed as IBS is now gone completely (Unless I eat fruit, gluten, soy, lactose), and for the first time in my life time I have what could be called 'normal' toilet functions. I have stopped sleeping 12 hours a day, my skin is the best it has ever been, and my weight has stabilised for the first time ever.

I never would have associated my mood with food - but all the feelings of depression and sinking feelings of despair that I would get for no particular reason, they all went away. If I eat wheat, they come back for a few days.

The downside is I can't enjoy McDonalds, I am bored to tears eating the same foods everyday, I can't eat out, the odd time I have to endure the embarrassment of saying I am allergic to fruit.

But in the last month I discovered a healthfood equivalent to coco pops (kelloggs contain gluten in barley form), so things are starting to look up!

Much of my family have similar problems - welts, weight loss and gain, stomach cramps. They will not accept the concept of food intolerances, and continue to suffer with these problems. There are a lot of people out there who find the idea of allergy to be absurd!

I am 14 years old and whenever i eat a banana oddly i have massive stomach aches i used to love them when i was around 10 yrs old but i couldnt eat them when i was 12 i wasnt sure it was the bananas but after awhile i figured it out i thought i was being weird about it and now ive seen this that there are many other people this is happening to too and is there something that could prevent me having these massive stomach aches ? i am 100% sure that i have tried it with a ripe banana and greenish banana doesnt really change, same results ?

[enc]I also suffer from terrible indigestion from eating raw bananas, since my twenties, but have discovered that drinking a 16oz cola or two cups of coffee virtually eliminates the pain and discomfort. So, I CAN enjoy bananas again...with a cola in hand. Hope this helps! PS, yes, it also makes me belch exquisitely!

I am only 14 though and experiencing the same thing :'( Does anyone know of a remedy? My mother is a pediatrician, and she's convinced it's just ovulation.

I have had the same problems.  I looked into it and this is what makes the most sense.  Make sure you eat really ripe bananas.  I always go for the yellow ones that have absolutely no brown spots, but these ones are actually way more likely to give you stomache aches as they are not fully ripe.  Also make sure you drink lots of water when you eat a banana since they are high in fiber and potassium.  The water will help you digest these things better.  So 1. brown spots dont hurt you and 2. drink water!

Let me know if these helps!

 

~Kari G.

It's quite funny she thinks its ovulation. If you noticed its spefically occurring after eating a banana, I don't think its ovulation! Try eating riper bananas and drinking lots of water with them.