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Suggest Treatment For Excessive Belching And Persistent Diarrhea

I have had excessive belching and severe diahrea for about 5 days. I have had my gall bladder out at the first of the year. The belches have a taste of eggs. I am unaware of smell. I also have severe gas. I was out of town where I drank bottled water for 6 days and didn t really follow my usual diet but didn t eat a lot of greasy/fatty food. I am a diabetic, insulin dependent.
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Hi,

There can be many causes of diarrhea. Most commonly it is due to some infection of the intestine (gastroenteritis , bacterial or viral or protozoal), may be because of the outside food you ate.Eating food out of the routine especially while travelling (traveller's diarrhea) can upset the digestive system and lead to such problems.

Besides it can be due to other reasons like thyroid disorders, medicine induced (especially antibiotics)or sometimes due to lactose intolerance (intolerance to sugar in milk and dairy products). Even in diabetics diarrhea is very common. I feel take bland diet and lot of fluids.Get some investigations done like complete blood count, stool routine examination, fasting blood sugar, TSH and helicobacter pylori. Once the results are there, then we can plan the treatment accordingly.

Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Milinda Gupta, Internal Medicine Specialist
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Suggest Treatment For Excessive Belching And Persistent Diarrhea

Hi, There can be many causes of diarrhea. Most commonly it is due to some infection of the intestine (gastroenteritis , bacterial or viral or protozoal), may be because of the outside food you ate.Eating food out of the routine especially while travelling (traveller s diarrhea) can upset the digestive system and lead to such problems. Besides it can be due to other reasons like thyroid disorders, medicine induced (especially antibiotics)or sometimes due to lactose intolerance (intolerance to sugar in milk and dairy products). Even in diabetics diarrhea is very common. I feel take bland diet and lot of fluids.Get some investigations done like complete blood count, stool routine examination, fasting blood sugar, TSH and helicobacter pylori. Once the results are there, then we can plan the treatment accordingly. Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Milinda Gupta, Internal Medicine Specialist