Liputan6.com, Jakarta – If you have ever experienced stomach ache for more than a few hours, you’ll likely lose a few pounds.
Not eating and vomiting everything eaten in the last day causes Weight lost. However, is the weight actually going down or will it go back up again?
When you suffer gastroenteritis or as it is more commonly called intestinal flu, the most common symptoms are vomiting and diarrhea. You may also experience nausea, fever, stomach cramps and fatigue. These symptoms can be caused by different types of viruses, bacteria or even parasites.
If you have diarrhea and vomiting repeatedly, you have lost a lot of fluids in a short time. You also have trouble eating and drinking without throwing up, so you can’t replace nutrients that are easily excreted.
This drastic change in the volume of fluid in the body can affect the number on the scale Very good health. If the symptoms last for several days, the weight changes that occur can be quite drastic.
However, since most of the weight you lose when you’re sick is “weight in water,” you’ll likely put it back on when you feel better and can eat and drink again.
Therefore, keep that being in mind ache it’s not a way to lose weight. Conversely, eating disorders can cause a variety of negative effects.
Bulimia is a serious eating disorder that can even be life-threatening. Even someone who doesn’t have bulimia but thinks they will lose weight if they have a stomach virus might be disappointed to find that the weight will come back as soon as you recover.
