Rotten egg burps, followed by vomiting/diarrhea

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Hi everyone,
I'm a young teen and this is my first post. I made an account here for mainly one reason.

About five years ago, I started getting sick at school, usually on mornings. They were usually vomiting, then afterward, diarrhea. Normally I get them once or twice every year.

I'd always thought that it was due to something I ate.

But as I grew older, I noticed that before I vomit, I get burps that taste like rotten eggs. The past few years, they usually happened in the middle of the night to morning. I would wake up with a cold feeling in the upper part of my stomach, below my rib cages. It feels as if it's being pushed together.

I'd then get up thinking that it's a regular stomachache, however I'll feel bloated, and full of gas. About an hour or so, I'll start vomiting non-stop. To stop it, I have to hold my breath and cover the smell because the rotten egg smell induces my vomiting. The smell will slowly go away afterward. Sometimes, following the vomiting is diarrhea.

A few weeks ago, I woke up feeling bad. I burped, rotten eggs smell. I was scared of it. The last time I had it was around 10 months before. (The previous times, whenever I feel the burps, I would stay in the bathroom for a few hours until I finish vomiting) I sat motionless for a while, nothing happened except for the feeling of being bloated. I got up and drank some water. Walked a little more and had to vomit. It might be because of the rotten egg smell.

That last time though, I feel as if I didn't get everything out, but ignored it shortly after because I felt fine then.

But this morning, I woke up with the exact same pains. Refusing to sit by the bathroom waiting to throw up, I surfed the web hoping to get my mind off it. I drank around two cups of warm water. I felt bloated in the upper part of my stomach. All of a sudden there are little sounds from my stomach and I believe whatever's inside had moved to my intestines. Shortly after, I had diarrhea.

When my stomach is finally empty I felt better. But after eating congee and some biscuits, I burp and the rotten egg smell is still there. Now I wonder if the bacteria stays in my stomach until I fill it up with food, then vomit them back out along with the bacteria. Also, this is the first time I've had 2 .. episodes within a month.

I've read some posts about rotten egg burps, most of them suggest throwing up to solve it. I didn't vomit this time, but had diarrhea instead. Does this mean the 'virus' is going to come back soon?

I really want to solve this, instead of waiting for the next time. When I get into college and get a job, it'll be even more annoying .. I don't want rotten egg burps on an examination date!

Also, once I DO get the burps, what do you suggest I do? Is it possible that the 'virus' goes out through stool instead of throwing up?

Thanks.

And are there food suggested for issues like these? I'm going on a 2-day trip tomorrow and surely it'll be annoying if I get sick.

[Ashbee227]

I am 26 I have only had 2 episodes of this.  My trigger seems to be dominos pizza. It is horrible. I am currently on hour 12 of it for my second episode. Have tried baking soda and water no help. I just want it to go away.

[Charlie_man]

Try "Natures way" probiotic 30 billion triple strength, one in the morning and one at night, ease up on eating solids for two weeks, after 3 days add Milk Thistle 35000 plus taurine (Blooms make it) and after two weeks continue to take both tablets once a day, for at least a month,  It cured me. I had it every three to six days for years.

[Bingboingbong]

TRY PEPTO BISMOL as soon as the burps begin!
I was experiencing this for about 3 yrs in high school after eating eggs, deep fried foods, or foods very high in fat. Even after eating extremely sugary foods. Everytime it happened to me I took a pesto bismol and it made me burp more, but the smell was less and less everytime and eventually I would feel 100% better (after about 30 minutes). I found this solution online one day and the article stated that it was from a protein in the stomach (H. pilori possibly?).

[BrittRoe]

No idea what really causes it, but it's basically food poisoning. From what I gathered through my own experience and research, the body starts having issues with digestion and the food in the stomach starts to ferment and rot. The longer you ignore the burps, the further the bad food gets tgrough your system and the more damage will be done. As soon as you know its going to hit you, get that food out of your stomach asap. I've tried apple cider vinegar which works sometimes, but you HAVE to catch it early. Also, when I keep up on my pancreatin suppliment, I do not run into this issue, so I would recomend trying to take this regularly see if it helps. Good luck all!

[Chuff0324]

Thank you for posting. My husband has been suffering from this very same thing for so many years now. I never would have imagined that so many others have been experiencing the same. I wish i had some advice but as it is we too are looking for any advice that could possibly help.

[Charlie_man]

I suffered this problem for 3 years straight at least once every two weeks until recently.... I started taking probiotics (Natures Way Restore, 30 billion, triple strength) and only had soup for a week, took one tablet in the morning and one at night, after a week i almost had an attack but it eased by morning, I continued this regiment and added one tablet of -Milk thistle 35000 plus taurine- to the dose.... its been weeks now.... I feel the best I have in years.... I now can eat what i like, but i will continue to take my regiment until Im definitely sure Ive repaired my stomach,  I think what happens is the bad bacteria brews in the stomach which makes your bowel close to not let any bad stuff in, but with abundance of good bacteria to combat the bad it appears the problem is cured... and the milk thistle tablets help a heap. give it a try and don't give up. I really think I found the cure that the head of gastroenterology at my hospital couldn't find FOR THREE YEARS, several procedures, and a multitude of tests that came up empty for results.

[Crankyone88]

I am suffering from the same miserable thing.  Rotten egg burps and then vommiting for hours.  I start to sweat and then get cold sweats. Now it's happening more frequent, at least once a week. It drains me so badly that I end up in bed for a day and can't move with a bucket next to me invade I can't make it to the toilet in time.  I've tried everything and nothing seems to stop this from happening.  The doctors have no answers for me. If anyone has any remedies that actually work please help!! This is really putting a toll on me.

[skb8721]

Dear All: I first posted about this in May 2017, and since then have been cured, or seemingly so.  

After suffering for a couple of years with occasional (but increasingly frequent) sulfur burps followed by intense vomiting , I finally went to see a gastroenterologist, who, after examining my stomach per an endoscopy, and seeing only that the lining of my stomach was red and swollen, put me on a two month's regimen of Sucralfate 1GM tablets (1 tablet twice daily) . . . and the problem has never returned!!!  

In fact, my last occurrence was July 1, 2017, six months ago (whereas before treatment I was having an episode of burbs/vomiting about once a week)!  

Ask your physician if you might try Sucralfate (which is a generic drug), as I've had only success with it.  (I took the Sucralfate for those two months for which my doctor prescribed it, and have not needed it since.)

[Marietill5]

I have this problem once or twice a year .The only thing that seem to get rid of it is hard-core nausea pills from the doctors. It usually gets rid of the taste of egg in my mouth and stop stomach pain I would suggest trying it.