Bellyache

[andrewlee]

On average, how long does it take from eating something that disagrees with you to having diarrhoea?   And why is it that sometimes the result is sickness instead?

Thanks

[stevie m]

it varies from person to person, normally between 3-6 hrs, sickness occurs when your stomach rejects, or refuses to digest or has a nasty bug and up it comes. Diarrhoea is caused either by a bug either in the stomach or the bowel, or by too much rich or fibrous food. Thats pretty much all I know i`m sure there are other causes as well

[Scarlett]

Yep, as Stevie says, if you eat something dodgy, it may get chucked out as soon as it reaches your stomach. Or it may take a while longer, by which time it is in your bowel and comes out the other end. I find if I have eaten something which is off in the evening, I usually get sick in the early hours or the morning.