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Is It Normal To Get Loose Motions After Having The Laxative For Food Poisoning?
Hello- I came down with a bug on Wednesday evening. By Thursday evening I thought I had food poisoning or a stomach virus but was unable to have a decent bowel movement. On Thursday I had my wife pick up Senna laxatives thinking I could rid myself of the poison in my stomach. I took the minimum dosage and now literally 3 days later cannot stop going to the bathroom. Really on liquid stool (mostly clear being I have been eating light) but cannot go more than an hour (sometimes less) without having to use the toilet. I am concerned. Is this normal or does this seem like an underlying issue?
Fri, 13 Jan 2017
Hi,
Your symptoms could be due to the laxative taken, nobody have the regular or fix bowel habit as a matter of fact digestive system depends upon so many things like what you eat when you eat, is it your regular eating habit, or you are not regular, are you prone to some infection, allergic to food, and according all of these some time digestive system behave but what the symptoms because of these person have it may not the ill condition, once you became conscious and take some agent non-pharma or medicine that could greatly alter the bowel movement, whenever feel upset stomach just stop eating heavy food give some rest to digestive system be on liquid for a day let the appetite comes back in normal patron.
Hope this information helps. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Akhtarhusain Shaikh
Your symptoms could be due to the laxative taken, nobody have the regular or fix bowel habit as a matter of fact digestive system depends upon so many things like what you eat when you eat, is it your regular eating habit, or you are not regular, are you prone to some infection, allergic to food, and according all of these some time digestive system behave but what the symptoms because of these person have it may not the ill condition, once you became conscious and take some agent non-pharma or medicine that could greatly alter the bowel movement, whenever feel upset stomach just stop eating heavy food give some rest to digestive system be on liquid for a day let the appetite comes back in normal patron.
Hope this information helps. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Akhtarhusain Shaikh
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