Diarrhea like cramping for 5 days, it gets worse when I drink any fluid [water, !
Question:
Diarrhea like cramping for 5 days, it gets worse when I drink any fluid [water, juice, milk...]?
I have already booked an appointment to see my doctor but they are not going to be able to see me for a few days, so in the meantime, I just want to ask around on what this might be and if anyone ever experienced anything similar.
I have been having this constant cramping for about 5 days now. It feels like diarrhea pain, it can get really bad at times, sometimes it even wakes me up at night. When it happens, I feel like I can't speak because it is that painful, I sweat. It seems to get worse when I drink something especially when I drink water (it doesn't matter what kind of water - bottled, tap...). When it happens, I run for the toilet because it feels like I can't hold it in anymore, but when I get there, there's nothing, I just sit there with an incredible amount of pain that sometimes almost makes me cry. Starting today my tummy feels kinda heavy and it looks swollen as well. I was thinking of going to the emergency, but I don't know if it's something that I need to go there for
Answers:
If you are not passing flatus, I think you should go to the ER for a visit and let them take an XR of your abdomen.
You could have so many things, its hard to tell what is wrong here. Maybe
1. colitis
2. diverticulitis
3. gastroenteritis
4. bowel obstruction
5. flu virus
6. intestinal infections with giardia, c dif, shigella, campylobacter etc......
7. appendicitis
I am a nurse, and I think you should go to the ER for an exam.
You could be making things worse by waiting this one out.