Symptoms -- what do they mean?

[Guest guest]

For about a week now, every time I eat,within just a few minutes of eating, my

entire intestinal tract starts cramping up. And I am talking not just food, but

merely drinking a little bit of water, or taking a small hand full of

supplements with water.

Why would this happen within 5 minutes of something being in the stomach?

Perhaps I have a high ulcer? (Versus a duodenal ulcer?) I have developed the

bad habit of sucking on toothpicks soaked in cinnamon oil for the last month or

so. Could they have eaten a hole in my stomach?

The pain can be debilitating. Then it can clear up rapidly, just to come back

again later when I eat.

I am so paranoid these days that I have visions of a massive tumor reaching

throughout my intestinal tract, and when I finally get the news, just having

weeks to live or something.

[Guest guest]

Where exactly is the pain and is it in the back also?

Cheri

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> For about a week now, every time I eat,within just a few minutes of eating, my

entire intestinal tract starts cramping up. And I am talking not just food, but

merely drinking a little bit of water, or taking a small hand full of

supplements with water.

>

> Why would this happen within 5 minutes of something being in the stomach?

Perhaps I have a high ulcer? (Versus a duodenal ulcer?) I have developed the

bad habit of sucking on toothpicks soaked in cinnamon oil for the last month or

so. Could they have eaten a hole in my stomach?

>

> The pain can be debilitating. Then it can clear up rapidly, just to come back

again later when I eat.

>

> I am so paranoid these days that I have visions of a massive tumor reaching

throughout my intestinal tract, and when I finally get the news, just having

weeks to live or something.

>

[Guest guest]

No,mostly in the " gut " area below the navel. It is just a really bad crampy

feeling. Then it goes away. Then it comes back...

I tried some aloe vera juice -- didn't help. My next choice would be colloidal

silver, in case there is something bacterial or viral going on.

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> > For about a week now, every time I eat,within just a few minutes of eating,

my entire intestinal tract starts cramping up. And I am talking not just food,

but merely drinking a little bit of water, or taking a small hand full of

supplements with water.

> >

> > Why would this happen within 5 minutes of something being in the stomach?

Perhaps I have a high ulcer? (Versus a duodenal ulcer?) I have developed the

bad habit of sucking on toothpicks soaked in cinnamon oil for the last month or

so. Could they have eaten a hole in my stomach?

> >

> > The pain can be debilitating. Then it can clear up rapidly, just to come

back again later when I eat.

> >

> > I am so paranoid these days that I have visions of a massive tumor reaching

throughout my intestinal tract, and when I finally get the news, just having

weeks to live or something.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hmm no clue. I was thinking possibly pancreatitis sp? because it happens when

you eat or drink. I know you are not a candidate for it but the pancreas may not

be working correctly from being ill.

Cheri

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> > > For about a week now, every time I eat,within just a few minutes of

eating, my entire intestinal tract starts cramping up. And I am talking not

just food, but merely drinking a little bit of water, or taking a small hand

full of supplements with water.

> > >

> > > Why would this happen within 5 minutes of something being in the stomach?

Perhaps I have a high ulcer? (Versus a duodenal ulcer?) I have developed the

bad habit of sucking on toothpicks soaked in cinnamon oil for the last month or

so. Could they have eaten a hole in my stomach?

> > >

> > > The pain can be debilitating. Then it can clear up rapidly, just to come

back again later when I eat.

> > >

> > > I am so paranoid these days that I have visions of a massive tumor

reaching throughout my intestinal tract, and when I finally get the news, just

having weeks to live or something.

> > >

> >

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[Guest guest]

Hi Jim.

It could be the cinnamon. Generally is pretty safe but some people could have

some allergy to it.

Cinnamon, which is the bark of the Cinnamomum zeylanicum tree, contains cinnamic

aldehyde, which is an irritant.

Some people have the symptoms that you describe. You should absolutely quit this

habit because with cinnamon chewing gum they found it related ,in a couple of

cases, to tongue carcinoma.

See :

http://article.pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ppv/RPViewDoc?_handler_=HandleInitialGet & arti\

cleFile=y07-080.pdf & journal=cjpp & volume=85