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Frequent Burps With Rotten Smell, Watery Stools, Stomach Pain. Tests Showed Hernia. What Besides GI Can Be Done?

YES HI, 1-3 TIMES A YR I GET THESE REALLY BAD SYMPTOMS OF ROTTEN EGG SMELL BURPS AND REALLY BAD STOMACH PAIN FOLLOWED BY WATERY STOOL THIS YEAR IVE GOTTEN IT MORE OFTEN AND I DECIDED TO TRY METAMUCIL TO FLUSH ME OUT AND IT SEEMED TO WORK, BUT IT CAME BACK AGAIN LAST WEEK AND LASTED 3-4 DAYS. IVE BEEN DOING THE METAMUCIL FOLLOWED BY A PROBIOTIC 10 AND ON THE 4TH DAY I RELIEVED MYSELF AND MY STOOL LOOKED NORMAL BUT WAS SMOKING WHICH GAVE OFF THE ROTTEN EGG SMELL IT WAS BAD I FELT MUCH BETTER AFTER THAT. LAST NIGHT THE SYMPTOMS CAME BACK SO I DECIDED TO GO TO THE ER WHILE THE SYMPTOMS ARE HERE. THEY TOOK BLOOD AND X RAYS AND EVERYTHING CAME BACK NORMAL THEY COULDNT HELP ME AND THEY ALSO STATED THAT I HAVE A HERNIA WHICH I NEVER NEW ABOUT.. I DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO BESIDES GOING TO A GI.. PLEASE PLEASE HELP
Tue, 31 Dec 2013
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Hi...these are signs of gastroenteritis... food poisoning... so take care of what and where you eat...when you get it, take a course of antibiotics and any ppi and your pre-probiotic...

Dr. Ashish Verma
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Frequent Burps With Rotten Smell, Watery Stools, Stomach Pain. Tests Showed Hernia. What Besides GI Can Be Done?

Hi...these are signs of gastroenteritis... food poisoning... so take care of what and where you eat...when you get it, take a course of antibiotics and any ppi and your pre-probiotic... Dr. Ashish Verma