I have been home sick for a week with a bad stomach ache. I feel bloated but have plenty of bms, loose and dark. I feel generally ill. I have no insurance and dont want to go to dr for a bug. Any advice to what this could be? 45 yr old post menapausal female in good health.
Hi ! Good evening. I am Chat Doctor answering your query. If I were your doctor, I would dissuade you from eating from outside if you do specially spicy, fried and fast food. Plenty of bowel motions could be due to an infection of your intestines, which usually comes from food in hotels not cooked hygienically. In that case a stool test for ova and cyst, and a broad spectrum antibiotic depending on the organism detected would solve the problem. At the same time I would suggest you following changes in your dietary routine like