symptoms of intense pain in the upper abdomen, nausea, discolored stools because of these snack foods. The symptoms I just described are the effects of gastritis.
Gastritis is when the lining of the stomach becomes inflamed or swollen. This condition is caused by irritation due to excessive alcohol use, stress, stress and other factors like eating the wrong foods.
The discoloration in the stools could be blood, but also a result of the red dye present in these chips. Many parents have been sent to the doctor’s office with false alarms because of their child’s seemingly “bloody” stools. Wrong. Many foods such as beets, red peppers, candies or other items with red dye can make stools appear red.
Physicians say you only have to worry if you eat a large consumption of hot chips. To see if you are bleeding doctors can perform a fecal occult blood test to determine what’s going on. If you are bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal tract (stomach, duodenum, small bowel, esophagus) your stools will be black in color. Bleeding from the lower gastrointestinal tract (small intestine) causes bright red or maroon stools.
Doctor Jarrett Patton adds, ”Foods that are high in spice can be