Gastrointestinal Symptoms There are five basic symptoms indicating a GIT problem bloating-menstrual-bloating These symptoms are generally associated with dietary problems or specific food allergies bloating-menstrual-bloating It is critical that anyone suffering from serious GIT problems work closely with a physician to test for the more developed and serious GIT diseases bloating-menstrual-bloating The physician should also be experienced in working with dietary factors and food allergies bloating-menstrual-bloating Nausea and vomiting can vary from an unsettled feeling in the stomach to the violent action of immediate vomiting bloating-menstrual-bloating Patients with nausea and vomiting symptoms should assume the ingestion of a reactive food (i.e., (i.e., food containing toxins) or poisoning with a pathogen such as staphylococci bloating-menstrual-bloating Vomiting immediately after eating is usually proceeded by excessive watery salivation bloating-menstrual-bloating Some chronic low-intensity nausea can occur for a protracted time due to sustained low-level food allergies or problems with food combinations bloating-menstrual-bloating Patients with low-level nausea nausea usually have their symptoms disappear with diet revision bloating-menstrual-bloating Nausea and vomiting are also linked with migraines caused by food allergies (see the Migraine protocol) bloating-menstrual-bloating Bloating can result from excessive gas in the digestive system, failure of the digestive tract to sustain youthful peristaltic contractions, or a lack lack of sufficient quantities of digestive enzymes and bile acids required to rapidly break down food bloating-menstrual-bloating Intestinal gas results from food fermentation and from swallowing air while eating bloating-menstrual-bloating The bloating from intestinal gas is different from that which occurs in the colon bloating-menstrual-bloating Constipation is the decreased frequency or or slowing of peristalsis resulting in harder stools bloating-menstrual-bloating When the GIT is slowed down, feces can accumulate in the colon with attending pain and toxic reactions bloating-menstrual-bloating A spastic colon results when the colon contracts out of frequency in painful spasms blocking movement of the stool bloating-menstrual-bloating Some patients experience experience painful days of constipation followed by forceful diarrhea and watery stool, often accompanied with abdominal cramps bloating-menstrual-bloating Diarrhea is the increased frequency of bowel movement that is also loose or watery bloating-menstrual-bloating If diarrhea increases, the possibility of celiac disease is considered bloating-menstrual-bloating Celiac disease is a serious disease that that allows certain macromolecules to pass through the intestinal wall bloating-menstrual-bloating If blood appears in the stool, ulcerative colitis is likely bloating-menstrual-bloating Protracted bouts with diarrhea can result in nutritional deficiencies due to the poor absorption of essential nutrients bloating-menstrual-bloating Abdominal pain appears in different patterns and with varying intensities bloating-menstrual-bloating Cramping occurs because of muscle spasms of the abdominal organs bloating-menstrual-bloating Severe cramping pain, often called colic, usually occurs from problems with food intakes that exhibit strong allergic response in the patient bloating-menstrual-bloating Abdominal cramping near the navel is typically from the small intestine, and near the sides, top, and and bottom of the lower abdomen, the pain is associated with the colon bloating-menstrual-bloating Diseases associated with central GIT disorders and diagnoses include depression, migraine, asthma, sinusitis, and fibromyalgia bloating-menstrual-bloating These diseases have been identified with specific patterns of food allergic response bloating-menstrual-bloating All of these diseases also have links to | 