Gastric/Digestive Rehab - is that a thing?

[Unboundcuriosity]

I was abroad at the latter part of last year and got the worst food poisoning of my life. It was intense and lasted well over a week, and I ended up visiting a local pharmacist for help and medication.

The problem is I have got a very upset stomach several times since - this last weekend gone I was up till 3 am being very violently unwell with DnV plus cramping pains across the upper abdomen that was painful enough to make me gasp and sweat. It started Friday night, and it's still problematic today.

This was after a small steak dinner at a fancy restaurant, nothing wild! My previous upset was a few weeks earlier with pasta - so we are not talking complex or unusual food.

I think I need to do some digestive rehab. I was considering speaking to a Dr, but trying to get an appointment around here is like hens teeth.

Anyone got any ideas how to help my normally robust system back on to its normally fairly bombproof path to being able to cope with a meal out?

have you been to the hp?
h-pylori could cause the symptoms
or giardia
or hepatitis (many different type are common in popular tourist destinations)

Get some good pre and probiotics - somewhere like Holland & Barrett will sell them.

Really bad stomach bugs can make you lactose intolerant. Try lactofree products for a while to see if they help.

I would go to your GP as others have suggested to rule out any lingering bugs.

The op is much better actually consuming live food like natural yoghurt, sauerkraut, kimchi, kefir and boosting her intake of food like onions, leeks, insulin and leafy veg that will encourage the good bacteria to thrive while starving the bad of junk food.

I agree with this.
And if it were me I’d also keep nagging the GP for testing, and take saccharomyces boulardii.

I'm on a very restricted diet because I'm a vegetarian diabetic who can't eat much in the way of starchy carbs. I find eating out always makes me unwell because of the amount of salt/oil added to most of it, and if you don't eat that way normally it doesn't take much to knock your system off kilter.

I had food poisoning a few weeks back from satanic bean sprouts, and it's taken about 4 weeks for my gut to feel even remotely normal. I swear by Kefir yogurt, no processed foods and avoiding sweeteners when I'm trying to reset.

Thank you, everyone, for taking the time to reply. Today I am trying kombucha. Anything to help me feel a bit better.

To be fair, my partner also had an upset tum after the steak dinner, so there was something nasty hanging about - but it was just a little upset tum for an afternoon - where I was blown right off my perch.

So I am listing all of these tips.

I also spoke to the doctor's receptionist, who allegedly wandered off to speak to a GP, and they said it was best to wait for a week, as NHS guidance says it can be over a week, and then they emailed a link and what to look out for and when to escalate.