non stop diareaha and need advice

[anna7321]

Well let's start of by saying I'm young in my 20's and deffiently do not eat healthy. I work at a resturaunt and whenever there is left over food or buffets I can get my hands on I will jump quick to eat anything. So I got sick from who knows what I ate and have been going diareaha for about 4 days now it started off with large stool of diareaha , fever , dizzy spells and dehydration. I made sure to stay hydrated and took 2 pills of Imodium ad on my second day and I started getting cramps and stomach pain and I would run to the restroom only to find my self going diareaha a little bit I then took one more Imodium ad after the small stool thinking it was helping and again it gave me more stomach cramps and that night I was waking up every hour running to the restroom only to go a very tiny bit. The next morning after I had gone diareaha I decided to take one more Imodium ad and soon after I found my self getting very hot and dizzy and severe stomach pain I ran to the restroom and went diareaha and at the same time I threw up something milks white and acidy taste I'm pretty sure it was the Imodium. I then decided it was time to see a doctor and especially because I needed a doctor note for work because I was starting to run to the bathroom every 45 minutes. The doctor tested my urine for a uti and gave me and iv of just water and sodium for dehydration purposes and gave me some medicine for nausea and told me to just let it run its course.

I still am runing to the bathroom almost every 45 minutes and I find myself releasing a lot of gas and going diareaha only a little bit. My stomach is non stop hurting with severe cramps all day and all night and I just want it to stop.

I have two theories. One being that I may have extreme gas build up and that's causing cramps and I've been trying to release gas and when I do it usually right before I go diareaha and I feel like it relieves some pain.

Another theory is that I am constipated and have diareaha at the same time if that's even possible. I was going diareaha a lot the first couple days and now it'd only a tiny bit every 45 minutes. Maybe Imodium I'd prolonged the diareaha trying to take its course?

Also I've been on the brat diet this whole time and I just really want all this to stop I can't sleep or go to work it's severe cramping and going to the bathroom everying 45 mins is not fun

[maxwhales]

Although many if not all will deny this in my opinion you have parasites.

[ScalpMassager]

(Problem solving in abstraction is just that - an academic exercise that may in the absence of experience and education miss the mark completely.)

Antibiotics can make things much worse (as they kill off the stool producing bacteria in our bodies).  Taking probiotics is becoming a common recommendation when taking antibiotics (my family's found enzymatic pearls to be an effective OTC probiotic).

How long have you been resorting to Immodium?  (have there been earlier episodes?)

You appear to have been grossly mistreating your body through your eating practices.  During your present distress perhaps now's a good time to take a step back and reconsider.

[Judasgoat]

Sorry about your situation.  I have some experience in problem solving more than anything, but key issues are gaining a TRUE diagnosis.  You are NOT just human cells but a community of bacteria which you do need and which your body can cooperate with. (check how vitamin K is made in the body).  The body is happy with all it's "acceptable" critters and unhappy with others. Immunity (rashes/pus/etc.) can be a NORMAL response or gone bonkers to a foreign bug, which sounds like your situation.  There's a lot of immunity in the GI tract, so is it still there? hidden in the dark areas of your appendix?/elsewhere? or has the immune system just over reacted? (IgE)  Persistence to knowing EVERYTHING (stress/diet/medications) is key to YOUR body.  You started w the basics, but use response time as your guide to move on.  I always tell what i've done ALREADY, so docs don't repeat non-working therapies.  I always ask HOW LONG will this take to show that it is WORKING.  Antibiotics should NOT make things worse, but hold it's own for at least a few days to improve definitely towards end of "therapeutic dosage time given".  If a "general" antibiotic doesn't work then you need to have a culture test to know what's causing the issue.  You should study what diseases your occupation exposes you to.  It's easy to give up and let the "experts" handle everything, but learn to learn/study from this will help you in the future.  Here's a recipe that doctor's use:
C/C chief complaint in patient works (subjective)
HPI: hx. of problem asked by provider (objective)
Med. Hx.:  Your general med. hx.
CC: Findings of YOUR issue that provider physically checks for.
Tests: Specific tests related that needed to determine issue
IMP: Impression (LEGALLY required) which can be wrong, but
        must have in order to give any therapy/med.  It can change.
DISP: Disposition or 1 short term treatment plan vs
          2 - long term treatment plan.
So that's one "recipe" that you can use for yourself/car repair/whatever, but
it takes study/learning.  If you don't have time, then all you can do is ride
the bus and hope.  Helping yourself, helps others. Good Luck.