This constellation of symptoms could be due to an infection of your intestines, often called gastroenteritis. It is generally caused by a virus and should go away without any treatment within 72 hours. New medications, supplements, or foods could also cause some bowel habit changes.
Do you ever begin sweating and feeling like you are going to pass out while pooping, or do you feel like you will pass out at the sight of blood? It's possible that your vagus nerve is causing this sensation and triggering your body's vasovagal reflex, or vasovagal response.
Diarrhea with dizziness (lightheadedness) and hot flashes may be seen with food poisoning, gastroenteritis, traveler's diarrhea, pheochromocytoma, carcinoid syndrome or medication side-effects. Call yor doctor if persists.
These symptoms are commonly related to a wide variety of medical conditions. Possibilities include a stomach virus or food poisoning.
Panic attacks, severe anxiety, gastroenteritis, food poisoning, infectious diarrhea from bacteria, and parasitic infection could cause these signs and symptoms. Call your doctor if it persists.
Gastroenteritis, inflammatory bowel syndrome, diverticulitis, HIV, COVID-19 infection, tuberculosis, flu, hepatitis (A, B or C), opioid withdrawal, food poisoning, traveler's diarrhea or other bacterial diarrhea, or even a parasitic infection could cause these signs. Call your doctor.
Food Poisoning
Abdominal pain and diarrhea are the most common symptoms, but nausea, vomiting, and associated sweating are almost always present.
You might get a fever when you have stomach flu. A fever can be a sign that your body is fighting an infection. You may feel sweaty, clammy or have the chills. You may also get a headache or ache all over your body.
If nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea occur together, it could be due to gastroenteritis, which is inflammation of the digestive tract. It is also known as the “stomach flu.” Fever or abdominal cramps may also be present if you have gastroenteritis.
A bout of food poisoning or a stomach bug may cause you to throw up and have fever or sweats. Other viruses like mono or hepatitis can leave you feeling this way as well. Other possible causes include problems with your liver, gall bladder, or kidneys.
If you've had diarrhea for a few days, you may feel lightheaded or weak. This comes from rapidly losing the minerals, sugar, and water that your body needs. Normally, diarrhea won't cause you to lose control of your bowels – if this happens, you should consult your doctor.
Often people need to tense their abdominal muscles and strain a bit during a bowel movement. This tends to stimulate the vagus nerve, which slows the heart rate. At the same time, blood flow back to the heart decreases, so blood pressure drops.
The most common cause of diarrhea is the stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis). This mild viral infection most often goes away on its own within a few days. Eating or drinking food or water that contains certain types of bacteria or parasites can also lead to diarrhea. This problem may be called food poisoning.
Watery diarrhea can be caused by an inability to absorb the water that you drink, the water in food, or the secretion of water from the gut following infection or consumption of something that pulls water from the gut.
Most of the time, diarrhea is simply your gut's way of getting rid of a harmful invader, like a bacteria or virus. However, in some cases, diarrhea is caused by a malfunction of the gut, as is the case with inflammatory bowel disease. Many viruses can cause diarrhea.
Diarrhea and vomiting — frequently caused by the norovirus (aka the stomach flu) — can result in severe fluid loss and dehydration, according to Angarone. Breaking a sweat can further exacerbate fluid loss, leading to symptoms ranging from dry skin to a rapid heartbeat.
The most common food poisoning symptoms include abdominal pain or cramping, diarrhea, and vomiting. Other symptoms of food poisoning can include thirst, headache, low-grade fever, chills, sweating, tiredness, and muscle aches.
However, the key distinction is time: The symptoms of a stomach bug will take 12 to 48 hours to develop, while the symptoms of food poisoning typically develop much faster, usually with 6 hours of consuming an infected dish. Another common difference between the two is the length of illness.
A doctor will likely base a diagnosis on the presenting symptoms alone. A rapid stool test can be used to detect the rotavirus or norovirus but it is not readily available at most clinics. There are no quick tests for other viruses. A stool sample can also be used to rule out bacterial or parasitic infection.
When inflammation occurs in your colon, it triggers your body's immune response by raising the temperature. This temperature change can lead to fever and night sweats, which may need additional treatment or even a hospital stay to bring back under control.