The body says “damn I gotta get this out of me”.
The body also knows that the GI tract is basically a long tube so it increases peristalsis (the normal contractions of the stomach and intestines). This increased peristalsis really gets going, causing cramping.
Also as a general thing of infection, inflammation happens. This causes the pain causing nerves to be triggered. Pain being the evolutionary thing of “damn somethings happening do something about it”
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Reply to When a person gets stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis) or food poisoning, what exactly is happening in the body that causes stomach cramps? by geekonthemoon
The body says “damn I gotta get this out of me”. The body also knows that the GI tract is basically a long tube so it increases peristalsis (the normal contractions of the stomach and intestines). This increased peristalsis really gets going, causing cramping.
Also as a general thing of infection, inflammation happens. This causes the pain causing nerves to be triggered. Pain being the evolutionary thing of “damn somethings happening do something about it”