WTF just happened?!

[Deja Q]

I ate dinner at 7:30PM.

At ~8PM I start to get some very nasty abdominal cramping. Shortly followed by profuse sweating (yuck), lightheadedness, and considerable fatigue/weakness; it was worst just when I got to my computer panel to them shut down.

By ~8:30 all was well again; as if nothing had ever happened!! :wtf:

Yeah, I'm calling the doc tomorrow... but it makes no sense. This hasn't happened before and I'm at a loss to even conjecture what the symptoms are supposed to be telling me... :shrug:

Not that I'm entirely surprised, but it was far more unpleasant than I'd expected... and what is to come.

:crazy:

[libhill]

1. Go to an E.R. right away

I'm no doc, but it sounds like heart attack symptoms. Better safe than sorry, even if I'm wrong. I hope I am - good luck -

[Deja Q]

12. I thought that too

But I checked my pulse - quite normal, not racing (80bpm is my latest average).

But I know I am at risk for that too.

[Roland99]

2. And dinner was? Taco Bell with a side of White Castles?

[Deja Q]

8. Get this:

2 servings of vegetables, water, 1/2 cup of peanuts, and 3 heaping handfuls of Life cereal. (the cereal being a change from the norm as I had a nostalgic craving for the great taste of kiddie breakfast cereal...)

Could be indigestion, my body isn't used to having kiddie cereal shoveled into it...

[shance]

11. Sweetie, you may be allergic to peanuts.

It sounds like it may have been an allergic reaction.

Im no doctor, but Ive had food allergies.

[Roland99]

13. Could very well be. Time to get thee to a Dr. for some testing

[Deja Q]

14. I had peanuts 2 days ago... no problems then.

:cry:

Didn't have Life cereal though... that's new. Maybe I've a wheat condition... or sugar; my sugar intake before the Life cereal was virtually nil...

[Sannum]

3. I do that....

I have been told that there is no physical reason for my symptoms:eyes

This doesn't help, but I wish I knew what that meant too.

[Deja Q]

10. Many docs resort to a mental condition if they lack sufficient evidence.

Except I wasn't anxious tonight and I'm increasingly in tune with my emotional state, so I know when I am anxious.

I was quite relaxed before the epsode occurred.

[Demeter]

4. Could Be Gall Bladder

best you find out before it doesn't go away.

[ahem]

5. That was the first thing that came to my mind as well.

It could be anything, but it does sound a lot like a gall badder problem.

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. I bet you it's just gas.

[achtung_circus]

7. Sounds like it could also be food poisoning. nt

[WCGreen]

17. Yea, a slight tich of Food poisoning.....

Maybe something sprayed on the veggies....

[Deja Q]

19. veggies were 3 days old and I'd been nibbling on them since Saturday.

It's worth keeping in mind, who knows what they put onto food these days...

[democrat in Tallahassee]

9. Had you been watching CNN, MSNBC or talk radio? Sounds like

how I feel when I hear Rush

[pnorman]

15. Salmonella?

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Salmonella enteritidis Infection

Egg-associated salmonellosis is an important public health problem in the United States and several European countries. A bacterium, Salmonella enteritidis, can be inside perfectly normal-appearing eggs, and if the eggs are eaten raw or undercooked, the bacterium can cause illness. During the 1980s, illness related to contaminated eggs occurred most frequently in the northeastern United States, but now illness caused by S. enteritidis is increasing in other parts of the country as well. Consumers should be aware of the disease and learn how to minimize the chances of becoming ill.

A person infected with the Salmonella enteritidis bacterium usually has fever, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea beginning 12 to 72 hours after consuming a contaminated food or beverage. The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days, and most persons recover without antibiotic treatment. However, the diarrhea can be severe, and the person may be ill enough to require hospitalization.
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http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/salment_g.htm

pnorman

[DS1]

16. sounds like me passing some spicy food

:shrug:

[Redstone]

18. What? It's unusual to feel like that after eating?

Doesn't everyone?

Redstone

[Dr. Mullion Blasto]

20. Were you nauseated? Uncontrollable throwing up is a classic heart attack

symptom along with bad chest and or back pain.

[Deja Q]

21. Slightly nauseated... but no chest pain. Lower-abdominal.

If it was the chest, I would have called 911 in an attosecond, you can bet your sweet bippy on that! :7

[uppityperson]

22. Autonomic dysreflexia (really)

DISCLAIMER I am NOT able to diagnose, just giving out interesting information.

Your sympathetic nervous system over reacts to a stimulation (leading into an unblocked feedback loop), leading to an increase in blood pressure, sweating, headache, anxiety, slow heart beat. Is common after spinal cord injuries but can be caused by an oddly reacting intestinal thing, bowel, bladder, pain from some reason. (sorry, I lost my jargon there for a minute) In people with spinal cord injuries it can be life threatening. For some reason it sometimes happen to the rest of us with intestinal upsets and then passes.

However, it can be indicative of something more serious. What do you mean "and what is to come"? Are you just hoping that it doesn't happen again or do you have another health issue? In which case, get checked out.

http://www.apparelyzed.com/autonomic.html
http://www.northeastrehab.com/Articles/dysreflexia.htm