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Could this still be food poisoning? Or is it just anxiety

5 replies

JPWG2450 · 20/09/2022 19:54

First I just want to say I’m not a poo troll
And I know the internet is no substitute for medical advice, currently haven’t been able to get an appointment and I’m driving myself insane.

Basically about 4 weeks ago I went out for food (salmon, fries, ice cream£
I’ve eaten there before and never had an issue.
about ten mins after eating I had diarrhoea, with NO warning. I felt absolutely fine, and then suddenly it had happened.

it was terrifying and humiliating. I had diarrhoea several more times that evening and my best guess is that it was food poisoning, but who knows?

Since then, I don’t have proper diarrhoea but it’s always urgent, can be loose and burns.
it doesn’t matter what I eat, or if I eat at all. I’m starting to both get scared of food and leaving the house.

And now I don’t know if there’s actually something wrong with my bowels that I need to get checked out, or whether I just have huge anxiety because of losing control of my bowels in public.

OP posts:
Museya15 · 20/09/2022 21:16

I had this for a year after eating spring onions from my friends garden. I sympathise with you as I couldn’t leave the house nor have visitors over. It did stop but it took ages. Go to the doctor, that’s really important that you get checked out.

Eddieisadick · 20/09/2022 21:21

You need to get it checked by doctor - 3 weeks or more of changed vowel habits

not sure why diarrhoea is humiliating or terrifying though?

abovedecknotbelow · 20/09/2022 21:21

You don't get food poisoning within ten minutes. Your symptoms sound like my IBS.

abovedecknotbelow · 20/09/2022 21:22

Eddieisadick · 20/09/2022 21:21

You need to get it checked by doctor - 3 weeks or more of changed vowel habits

not sure why diarrhoea is humiliating or terrifying though?

It's is when you think you're going to hair yourself in public

Fantasticfroliks · 20/09/2022 21:23

Def worth phong Gp they may ask for a sample to semd off to check a few things

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