axejudge's Journal

Sugar malabsorption.
Jul 19 2009 01:58

That describes what happens to me.  If I eat too much sugar quickly, it passes through the gut before everything's been processed.  Then it hits the large intestine, and water is absorbed back in, causing pain, gas, and diarrhea.  Once I've been able to clear the pipes, I'm fine.  

I now know I have to be careful about the amount of sugar I have in a day; I'm not sure if it's a daily total to be careful about, or whether it's about eating one thing that's very sugar-laden.  I'm also not sure if it concerns one particular type of sugar over another - most of the literature discusses lactose and fructose.  Neither of these seem to fit; I eat yogurt regularly with no ill effects AND with fruit added, so if those two were a problem it should have manifested quite a while ago.  I think this is either a sucrose or HFCS issue.

I do know I don't want to go through another episode like today.  That was sheer misery, and my friends were very concerned.  I was shaking, sweaty, and pale - almost shocky, it sounds like, doesn't it? :S  My lower GI doesn't like being stretched AT ALL.