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21 years
It's been 3 week now, everytime i eat anything i directly have that need of going to bathroom.. What could be the reason?
Aug 25, 2014
2nd opinion

Dr. Zakia Dimassi Pediatrics
Changes in the diet, such as increasing your fiber consumption significantly (like eating oat bread and lots of fruits and vegetables in their skin), enhancing your physical activity (like starting to go to the gym recently), and drinking a lot of water, may actually induce frequent bowel movement.
Other more serious possible causes include:
1- Irritable bowel syndrome; this is a functional bowel disorder in which the motility of the intestines is not well regulated by the nervous system; sometimes it's exaggerated (so you go many times per day to the toilet), other times it's lazy (you get constipation). This is usually associated with on and off bloating, and abdominal pain that is relieved by passing a bowel movement.
2- Recent course of antibiotics: antibiotics may disturb the normal bacterial balance in the gut by promoting overgrowth of harmful bacteria (usually found in smaller numbers in the gut; namely, clostridium difficile).
3- Hyperthyroidism: an overactive thyroid gland can drive the intestines to be more active; this condition is associated with unintentional weight loss, tremors, nervousness, hot weather intolerance, and dry skin
4- Inflammatory bowel disease; sever inflammation of the intestines due to immune system malfunction (it attacks the intestinal tissues). This is associated with bloody in stools, weight loss, joint pain and swelling, and skin rashes.
If you are otherwise healthy and have no alarming signs (like weight loss, blood or mucus in stools, persistent abdominal pain, abnormally shaped stools like too watery), you do not need to worry, it's most likely transient. If however you have noticed some of these signs, consult your doctor as test may be needed to figure out the cause of your symptoms.
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