is anyone's diarrhea preceded by chills?

I have done that sometimes. I think the diarrhea depletes everything and thats what happens.

I'm the opposite if anything, I get sweats and chills, often my stomach is literally burning hot to the touch when I am on the loo, but I - usually - only feel cold after a bout of diarrhea. I have always assumed that the amount of fluid lost - quite a considerable amount when you think of it as a percentage - is enough to clobber the electrolyte balance in the body, which makes keeping the body at an even temperature even harder than it would be during a normal infection or fever.
My remedy is drinking orange juice (to restore the electrolytes) and cups of hot non-caffeinated drinks (to restore warmth and fluid) and most effective of all, bed and sleep.
If it isn't electrolytes, then it may well be simply that the gut has such a big effect on neurotransmitters, and has so many major nerves connected to it, that the upset is enough to affect the autonomic nervous system. That wouldn't surprise me, it would certainly explain why sleep calms things down - it's like rebooting a computer.
Doesn't half feel lousy though, does it ?

I'm here visiting from the Ulcerative Colitis forum, but the same thing happens to me - when I really, really have to go, I get chills, and the hairs on my arm stand up like I'm freezing.

Mine always starts as a burning deep in my intestines, then I get goosebumps, chills, and a metallic feeling in my mouth like you get before you have to vomit. It's really hard to try and fight off the urgency when you've got all that working on you at once.

Yes absolutely! I've spent plenty of time shivering on the loo in the middle of the night recently as I'm currently flaring.

I second the advice on making sure you're drinking lots of fluids.

I have UC (not CD), but I have had bad nighttime shivering after upping my dose of Imuran (azathioprine). It went away with some prednisone and morphine at the ER when I was there tonight. The shivering woke me up out of a dead sleep. (I though someone was playing with the HVAC.)

The only other time I had shivering (way more violent and prolonged) was after a surgery.

I suspect it is part of the body's "shock" response to a stressful chemical or event.

The fact that it happens in the context of 'using the toilet' also suggests a fragile GI tract being stimulated leads to a full body freak out reaction -- like the shivering, chills, ext.

I find even eating and having a BM can give me Tachycardia when I'm flaring or close to it: anything that makes the gut work.


Emma

Post Edited (emmalouwho) : 4/26/2016 9:47:16 AM (GMT-6)

Oh yes. I can't count how many times that has happened to me. I also get very flushed in the face, all red. Not pleasant.

I pretty much always get chills before , during and after diarrhea. My understanding is that it has to do with dehydration and your electrolytes getting all out of whack. I use Pedialyte when it gets real bad