The stomach pain after drinking protein powder may be caused by physiological reasons such as gastrointestinal intolerance or pathological reasons such as allergic reactions and acute gastroenteritis.
1. Physiological reasons: protein powder is a purified soy protein. In general, normal healthy people do not lack protein. If you drink protein powder suddenly, your stomach and intestines may not be able to tolerate it, and at the same time, if it exceeds the amount needed by your body, there will be side effects, such as stomach pain.
2. Allergic reaction: there are people who are allergic to soy protein, once you drink protein powder, it will cause an abnormal immune response of the body, stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, stomach ache, accompanied by diarrhea symptoms, the skin may also appear red pimples, doughnuts, itchy and other manifestations.
3. Acute gastroenteritis: proteins are more prone to deterioration and may have been spoiled. Drinking such a protein powder will lead to bacteria and other invasive inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, stimulating the gastrointestinal tract and stomach pain.
Just by drinking protein powder stomach pain can not accurately determine the cause, but also need to be combined with the characteristics of the medical history, other test results in order to make an accurate judgment, it is recommended to clarify the cause of the disease under the guidance of the doctor, and then to deal with or treatment.