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So I was wondering if anyone has the issue of thier nose running after they eat anything. I'm about a week post op from surgery and I'm finding this to be a bit weird.

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Yes, it is very normal. You might also see things like hiccuping, burping, or sneezing after eating.

This is because your vagus nerve is irritated after surgery. It runs along the top of your stomach, and it controls involuntary movements/reactions in the top half of your body: things like getting a runny nose, hiccuping, or sneezing. So it is pissed off in general by surgery, and then you make it angrier by pressing food against it, and it flips out and causes weird reactions.

My team taught me to see things like a runny nose as a typical signal that I ate too much. You really shouldn't have so much food in your sleeve that it is mashing up against the top of your stomach where the vagus nerve is closest. So, they taught me that if I get a runny nose after eating, I need to make note of how much I ate, and the next time I eat that type of food, to measure/weigh my food and make sure I eat less. Not everyone does that though, some just take it as a signal that "I ate enough" rather than "I ate too much."

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I still have all of that at 12 1/2 years. Usually, it is sneezing six times.

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So I was wondering if anyone has the issue of thier nose running after they eat anything. I'm about a week post op from surgery and I'm finding this to be a bit weird.

Yes. That is one of the signals that I get that I have eaten too much.

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I'm preop but I always sneeze like 6 times when I eat too much. It's called- snatiation!

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@@Faitheyfoo

I'm not saying you're not broken...

But I am saying that, in this instance at least, you're probably pretty normal...

I'm a sneezer...

Not often now...

Tho it did get me an absolute beauty after dinner last night...

Snuck up on me...

Anyway, enough about me...

Good luck to you and your active nostrils...

Kinda...

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Yep, I'm another sneezer. Doesn't happen too often but when it does...........batten down the hatches!!!!! Sometimes it makes me fart at the same time.........oh, too much information.....OK I'll leave it with sneezing..........

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11 months out and still get a runny nose after eating ...

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I had bypass and when I get close to full my nose runs. I know a few people who this happens to

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Omg, I do that already. It's going to get worse?

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