# Diarrhea Medical Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 14, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diarrhea-medical-question/255064 "2004-07-14T13:59:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hauss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5fc32e/32.png) [@hauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hauss)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diarrhea-medical-question/255064/1 "2004-07-14T13:59:16Z")
Can mild weakness, very mild abdominal pain and a following of sudden onset of diarrhea be caused by some type of alcohol poisoning? Additionally, could these signs and symptoms **be delayed by over 60 hours with the diarrhea being delayed by over 70 hours**? Basically, what I am asking is can a beer binge accompanied by vomiting cause damage to the liver which could cause this weakness, discomfort and diarrhea with a delayed onset of 60 hours? Or should I assume that these symptoms are attributable to something totally different? I normally would assume the symptoms are unrelated to the alcohol, but my lifestyle and diet were _totally normal_ up until these symptoms, eating out only three times at my regular restaurants at 9 hours, 48 hours and then Wendy’s nuggets at 69 hours. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Viscera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/258eb7/32.png) [@Viscera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viscera)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diarrhea-medical-question/255064/2 "2004-07-15T07:12:13Z")
IMO, and from personal experience, I eat “normal” stuff rarely and have a mild bout of cramps and associated symptoms at some points. Pretty much impossible to point to any one thing, but I would think that it would much more likely be something you ate (like the 48 hour meal), rather than a 2.5 day old drinking binge. I am not a doctor of course, and have also never had a binge, so I cannot say this for certain. Vis