Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Bloomington, MN
Numbness of Hands, Painful Abdominal Cramps Posted: 09-30-05 09:14am
Hi everyone,
last night something very strange happened
to my boyfriend. He was complaining of a
"gas bubble" in his tummy immediately
after eating a very rare hamburger.
After going to bed, which was about 2
hours after eating, he had to get up
because he felt he needed to go to the
bathroom. I heard him moaning loudly on
the toiliet, so I went in to the bathroom
to see what was wrong. He was having an
awful, painful bowel movement, and he said
the cramps were unbearable, like he was
going to faint. What made me the most
worried was that he said his feet, face,
tongue, arms and hands went completely
numb. His fingers stiffened up and he
was unable to move them. I massaged them
for him, and shortly after the episode he
regained movement in them. The only
thing that makes sense to me is maybe he
got food poisining from the hamburger, and
the pain caused so much nervousness which
in turn caused these strange symptoms. I
guess if anyone has any advice that would
be great. I don't think he is going to
the dr, since it went away in a matter of
2 minutes. Does anyone know anything
about hypertension? I think the pain
triggered a lot of nervousness, which
could have had something to do with it
too.
