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What Causes Recurrent Bouts Of Abdominal Pain And Diarrhea After Having Food?
After I eat I feel full almost immediately. I cannot finish my meal no matter what it is. I feel as if a lead balloon is blowing up in my upper stomach and moving up my esophagus. About 2 hours later imhave cramps and diarrhea no blood. Rather many trips to bathroom. Also I feel heavy and as if I have trouble breathing. I usually have to lay down to feel a bit better. I don t smoke. I work out regularly and eat well. It doesn t occur everyday but sometimes days on end
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Recurrent episodes of abdominal cramping,diarrhea can be due to few reasons like inflammatory bowel disease(body's own immune system attack the bowel resulting in inflammation), malabsorption syndromes like celiac disease/gluten sensitivity,lactose intolerance, whipples disease(due to an infection caused by bacteria etc and Irritable bowel syndrome.
However each of these conditions ,need to be treated differently. You will need investigations like stool microscopy,culture and colonoscopy to come to a definitive diagnosis
I recommend you consult your doctor to get the evaluation done.
Hope I was able to help you.
Please feel free to address any more concerns,
Regards,
Dr.Lekshmi
Thank you for asking your question at healthcare magic
Recurrent episodes of abdominal cramping,diarrhea can be due to few reasons like inflammatory bowel disease(body's own immune system attack the bowel resulting in inflammation), malabsorption syndromes like celiac disease/gluten sensitivity,lactose intolerance, whipples disease(due to an infection caused by bacteria etc and Irritable bowel syndrome.
However each of these conditions ,need to be treated differently. You will need investigations like stool microscopy,culture and colonoscopy to come to a definitive diagnosis
I recommend you consult your doctor to get the evaluation done.
Hope I was able to help you.
Please feel free to address any more concerns,
Regards,
Dr.Lekshmi
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