Conditions
Flatulence
We fart when we’re awake, we fart when we’re asleep, and we even fart when we’re dead. So, if you’ve been told that the Queen doesn’t fart and that women’s gusty contributions are accompanied by angelic harp music (and smell like flowers), don’t believe a word of it! On average, most people pass gas 15 times a day, but anything up to 40 times in one day is considered normal. The food we eat is digested and absorbed in the small intestine. And wind is produced by the digestive system as enzymes and bacteria break down carbohydrates and proteins in your food. Of course, certain foods can provide a little extra firepower, such as beans, cauliflower, cabbage, kidney beans and artichokes. In such instances, it might be wise to distance yourself from your nearest and dearest.
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hi thier, really strange, im not certain that this is gas bubbles but its the best way to discribe it... i have been feeling strange movement in my stomach, it feels like somthings traveling from the bottom of my stomach to the top, only when lying down! i am not pregnant,i have had regular periods,passing wind alot and burping, even bringing up sick now and then. the scariest thing is the horrible movment in my stomach, if i am resting my hand on the top part of my stomach when lying down,i can feel it, my stomach rumbles all the time too... this is stopping me from sleeping now and feeling really emotional about it because it just feels so strange! im emmbaressed to go tot he doctor and explain this, is this trapped wind? hope to here from someone soon, 3 hours sleep is not good.
hi im 22 and im suffering from trapped wind. its very painful and sometimes it rises right up to my ribs, but wen i lay down it seems to make movement noises and eases down eventually passing through. The thing is my stomach makes noises all the time and it can be quite loud, its like a high pitched weezing or grumbling noise. Its extremelly embaressing because when im in meetings at work it sounds like im passing wind when its just my stomach making noises. is there any kind of medication i could try to settle down the bowel activity?
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Hi I farted in the middle of school right in the middle of school, that silence where you find out your watching a film, yep I farted then and everyone laughed and the teacher even smiled. The bad thing was I'm considered popular, and everyone posted it on facebook. I think my crush even said it. Every day now I have to sit on the toilet for 15 minutes trying to do a poo but all I get is a pebble and a fart. I try not to have as much meat as possible so I have a lot of fibre, is that why I fart alot? How can I stop????
caaan someone help me pleaase ???? kegel excersises does tha help prefent the famous viagina farts so embarsing !! only 19 no kids nothing please help !
hey sounds realy discusting but sometimes when im having sex i pass wind not through the bum either y is this ? and what can prevent it ?
I fart when i get nervous which is like every day when im at school. I hate it, they smell so bad everyone smells it and im scared someone will find out its me. They just smell so bad im scared ill get bullied because of it. whats wrong with me?
Hi I'm 14 years old and every morning I go to the toilet for about 15 mins and I'm not constipated but after about 8 hours I really need to fart. Its really embarrasing at sleepovers cos I can't run around or anything cos I'm trying to hold it in. What I want to know is why do I need to do a poo every day and end up sitting on the loo for 15 mins? x
i am 17 years old and i am literally farting every 5 minutes all day every day.and there not just little scentless ones, they are vilent horrible ones.Also when i excersice such as going running and just general exercise it makes me need to go to the toilet both wee and poo. i dont know what is wrong with me...i think there is something wrong with my bowels.
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I am a 14 year old girl, and i always seem to be farting. They are always silent, but very deadly... they smell awful and are almost all the time. I can't control it. It just slips out all the time. Also, i don't poo very often, but when i do it is mostly very much like diarhoeary. I dont know what to do because i can tell something is wrong with me. Help?! It is not cool!!!!
You need to eat more fibre and fresh fruit to harden your stools. Also drink plenty of water because you could easily become dehydrated if you have watery stools. As for the farts, there is absolutly nothing wrong with that. I fart loads everyday but tend to find the odour changes depending on my diet. When i eat healthily they dont smell as bad, but if i eat lots of junk and carbohydrates they smell like a rubbish dump. lol. I just laugh and giggle about it
I am 57 and have a pretruding abdomen it is not soft more hard than soft enlarges after food but after an hour or so it decreases there is no pain or discomfort bowl movements are normal dont drink beer or fizzy drinks only on rare occasions any advice as to what it is please.
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