This is a bit long winded but you will get the idea.
It's very very common after having your gall bladder removed. My sister had the op and suffers from this and its very difficult to manage as what she can eat one week she can't the next. My hubby has lots of little stones. He asked his consultant about dumping syndrome and was told it would probably happen. He left that question to the end of the consultation to see if it would be mentioned....it wasn't.
Hubby ended up in hospital just like you thinking it was another heart attack. He now watches his diet and takes a daily high strength Milk Thistle tablet. There is really only one worth taking. Jarrows is really the best. I get hubbies from Canada.
Here is the info....better you know.
Gastric dumping syndrome, or rapid gastric emptying is a condition where ingested foods bypass the stomach too rapidly and enter the small intestine largely undigested. It happens when the small intestine expands too quickly due to the presence of hyperosmolar (having increased osmolarity) contents from the stomach. This causes symptoms due to the fluid shift into the gut lumen with plasma volume contraction and acute intestinal distention.[1] "Early" dumping begins concurrently within 15 to 30 minutes from ingestion of a meal.[1] Symptoms of early dumping include nausea, vomiting, bloating, cramping, diarrhea, dizziness, and fatigue. "Late" dumping happens one to three hours after eating. Symptoms of late dumping include weakness, sweating, and dizziness. Many people have both types. The syndrome is most often associated with gastric bypass (Roux-en-Y) surgery.
Rapid loading of the small intestine with hypertonic stomach contents can lead to rapid entry of water into the intestinal lumen. Osmotic diarrhea, distension of the small bowel (leading to crampy abdominal pain), and hypovolemia can result.
In addition, people with this syndrome often suffer from low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, because the rapid "dumping" of food triggers the pancreas to release excessive amounts of insulin into the bloodstream. This type of hypoglycemia is referred to as "alimentary hypoglycemia."
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