Cured Meats & Diarrhea ?

Posted By Beth on November 07, 1998 at 19:59:41:







For the last year or so I have experienced severe abdominal cramping and extremely loose diarrhea after eating what I believe to be some type of cured meat.
This has happened only once at home after eating some cheap summer sausage. All other instances have been after eating in a restaurant.  Typically the meal would include bacon (even crumbled in small amounts) or recently pork chops and ribs.
Approximately 20-30 minutes after eating I experience the symptoms I described above.  I am very careful in selecting meals that do not contain known culprits, but recently I've had to keep adding to my list.  I am curious as to why this has suddenly happened to me.  I am a 30 year-old female in excellent health, no prior medical problems whatsoever.
I have searched many medical libraries on the Internet and came up empty-handed.  Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks for you help