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Reason For Throwing Up Dark Smelly Liquid With On And Off Cramping?

Severe cramping comes and goes for 24 hours now. After the cramping I throw up. First, it was dry heaves, changed to food I had recently eaten, and for the past 15 hours it s been a smelly dark liquid. Since about midnight I ve thrown up about 3/4 gallon of dark, smelly blackish liquid. I go from a slight fever to being clammy and cold. I just threw up about 1 pint+ of liquid after the severe cramping and am feeling a bit better at the moment. Better than I have felt for the past 20 hours or so. Today is 3:30 AM on Sunday. I did not eat yesterday, Saturday, I ate cheese fries out on Friday at 5PM, I had a cheeseburger at noon noon on Friday (both those meals were at a restaurant, and in the am I had a Cheese and Egg bagel (Mc Donald s) on Friday.
Sat, 22 Mar 2014
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Hello dear,

The symptoms as mentioned in your post can be due to:
1. Allergic reaction or side effects to any of the constituents present in the cheese fries or burgers- in this case, symptoms will reduce on its own.

2. Infection or inflammation in the Gastrointestinal tract.

Symptomatic relief can be obtained with:
1. Tablet Pantoprazole + Domperidone (to be taken half an hour before food)
2. Anti spasmodics like Dicyclomine preparation twice daily.
3. Maintain adequate hydration by O.R.S.

If symptoms still persist, it will be better to consult a Gastroenterologist & get a proper physical examination done to find out the exact cause.
Investigations like complete blood count, upper GI endoscopy & Ultrasound scan of abdomen will be helpful in detecting any pathological cause for the symptoms.

Wishing a good health.
Take care.
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Reason For Throwing Up Dark Smelly Liquid With On And Off Cramping?

Hello dear, The symptoms as mentioned in your post can be due to: 1. Allergic reaction or side effects to any of the constituents present in the cheese fries or burgers- in this case, symptoms will reduce on its own. 2. Infection or inflammation in the Gastrointestinal tract. Symptomatic relief can be obtained with: 1. Tablet Pantoprazole + Domperidone (to be taken half an hour before food) 2. Anti spasmodics like Dicyclomine preparation twice daily. 3. Maintain adequate hydration by O.R.S. If symptoms still persist, it will be better to consult a Gastroenterologist & get a proper physical examination done to find out the exact cause. Investigations like complete blood count, upper GI endoscopy & Ultrasound scan of abdomen will be helpful in detecting any pathological cause for the symptoms. Wishing a good health. Take care.