Runny nose when you get too full . . . .

[Guest guest]

If I eat too much and my tummy is too full, I often get a runny nose

and/or spit up mucus. I'm not the only post op to mention this.

Maybe this might explain it:

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Posted on the " Graduate " board:

It has been the 'old timers' who have kept me from getting into

serious trouble and who have provided clues when my medical

professionals just looked at me with glazed eyes (more times than

not).

I recall the time, several months after my DS, when I asked my DS

surgeon, a VERY talented surgeon who also has a Ph.D. in a related

field (physiology?... I forget), why my nose started running as my

stomach started to fill up. He looked at me as though I was from

another planet. And, he gave a [nervous?] laugh, like, " you've

gotta be kidding! " Then, I found out over the years that I was not

the only one and that a whole slew of us, DS, RNY, whatever, get

runny noses when we eat too much. [Aside: it keeps my sinuses

clear, and I hardly, if ever, get sinus attacks any more!]

Actually, his best guess at the time is the most plausible

explanation that I have heard to date:

It may be stimulation of the traumatized vagus nerve, because when

the vagus nerve is stimulated, it causes the mucous membranes to

exude mucous. But, I have been able to reassure many

another " dribbler " over the years that what they are experiencing is

not at all unexpected and really not abnormal.

- Sandi

[Guest guest]

If I eat too much and my tummy is too full, I often get a runny nose

and/or spit up mucus. I'm not the only post op to mention this.

Maybe this might explain it:

-------------------------------------------

Posted on the " Graduate " board:

It has been the 'old timers' who have kept me from getting into

serious trouble and who have provided clues when my medical

professionals just looked at me with glazed eyes (more times than

not).

I recall the time, several months after my DS, when I asked my DS

surgeon, a VERY talented surgeon who also has a Ph.D. in a related

field (physiology?... I forget), why my nose started running as my

stomach started to fill up. He looked at me as though I was from

another planet. And, he gave a [nervous?] laugh, like, " you've

gotta be kidding! " Then, I found out over the years that I was not

the only one and that a whole slew of us, DS, RNY, whatever, get

runny noses when we eat too much. [Aside: it keeps my sinuses

clear, and I hardly, if ever, get sinus attacks any more!]

Actually, his best guess at the time is the most plausible

explanation that I have heard to date:

It may be stimulation of the traumatized vagus nerve, because when

the vagus nerve is stimulated, it causes the mucous membranes to

exude mucous. But, I have been able to reassure many

another " dribbler " over the years that what they are experiencing is

not at all unexpected and really not abnormal.

- Sandi

[Guest guest]

I find this interesting. My nose runs at the wierdest times. I

don't think I have a cold. I will watch this from now on. Thanks for

the info Lilka

>

> If I eat too much and my tummy is too full, I often get a runny

nose

> and/or spit up mucus. I'm not the only post op to mention this.

> Maybe this might explain it:

> -------------------------------------------

> Posted on the " Graduate " board:

> It has been the 'old timers' who have kept me from getting into

> serious trouble and who have provided clues when my medical

> professionals just looked at me with glazed eyes (more times than

> not).

>

> I recall the time, several months after my DS, when I asked my DS

> surgeon, a VERY talented surgeon who also has a Ph.D. in a related

> field (physiology?... I forget), why my nose started running as my

> stomach started to fill up. He looked at me as though I was from

> another planet. And, he gave a [nervous?] laugh, like, " you've

> gotta be kidding! " Then, I found out over the years that I was

not

> the only one and that a whole slew of us, DS, RNY, whatever, get

> runny noses when we eat too much. [Aside: it keeps my sinuses

> clear, and I hardly, if ever, get sinus attacks any more!]

> Actually, his best guess at the time is the most plausible

> explanation that I have heard to date:

> It may be stimulation of the traumatized vagus nerve, because when

> the vagus nerve is stimulated, it causes the mucous membranes to

> exude mucous. But, I have been able to reassure many

> another " dribbler " over the years that what they are experiencing

is

> not at all unexpected and really not abnormal.

>

> - Sandi

>

[Guest guest]

I find this interesting. My nose runs at the wierdest times. I

don't think I have a cold. I will watch this from now on. Thanks for

the info Lilka

>

> If I eat too much and my tummy is too full, I often get a runny

nose

> and/or spit up mucus. I'm not the only post op to mention this.

> Maybe this might explain it:

> -------------------------------------------

> Posted on the " Graduate " board:

> It has been the 'old timers' who have kept me from getting into

> serious trouble and who have provided clues when my medical

> professionals just looked at me with glazed eyes (more times than

> not).

>

> I recall the time, several months after my DS, when I asked my DS

> surgeon, a VERY talented surgeon who also has a Ph.D. in a related

> field (physiology?... I forget), why my nose started running as my

> stomach started to fill up. He looked at me as though I was from

> another planet. And, he gave a [nervous?] laugh, like, " you've

> gotta be kidding! " Then, I found out over the years that I was

not

> the only one and that a whole slew of us, DS, RNY, whatever, get

> runny noses when we eat too much. [Aside: it keeps my sinuses

> clear, and I hardly, if ever, get sinus attacks any more!]

> Actually, his best guess at the time is the most plausible

> explanation that I have heard to date:

> It may be stimulation of the traumatized vagus nerve, because when

> the vagus nerve is stimulated, it causes the mucous membranes to

> exude mucous. But, I have been able to reassure many

> another " dribbler " over the years that what they are experiencing

is

> not at all unexpected and really not abnormal.

>

> - Sandi

>