Once in awhile I will take a nice, long, hot Epsom salt bath to relax and breathe in the steam etc., but about a month ago I did that and the next day as the day went on I developed diarrhea. At first I thought maybe it was a virus and the hot bath cranked up my immune system and flushed it out, and I felt better the day after that. Yesterday I was working outside in the damp weather and the allergies are always around and I thought a nice bath might make me feel better. I was caught in the cold rain last Sunday watching a soccer game, this after the day before being 79 degrees, and by Tuesday I wasn't feeling the greatest and that does happen to me if I get chilled and wet, but by the end of the week I was okay. But last night I made sure not to use too much salt, the first time I dumped more in than what they called for so I thought I better be careful this time, soaked about 45 minutes, got up to shower the salt off and it hit me, I barely made it out of the shower in time! Twice it hit me hard, and after that I felt so wiped out naturally, but had no fever, drank some Gatorade and ate some yogurt and went to bed, didn't run anymore but this morning while I didn't go to the bathroom I still felt strange, felt half-sick but I have no fever and even took an at home Covid test which was negative, and am working on replenishing myself and even called a pharmacist and talked about it, at first he didn't think it could be absorbed but then he looked it up in some medical journals online and it did have several reports of this complaint, and I did see other people post online that this happened to them, so I am assuming that is the reason, that I am absorbing this and it is acting like a laxative like it does if you take it internally?
I have been taking these baths a few times a year for many years, so to have this develop now is baffling to me. Any ideas or comments on this strange occurence?
Thank you!
I have been taking these baths a few times a year for many years, so to have this develop now is baffling to me. Any ideas or comments on this strange occurence?
Thank you!