Bloating: temporary discomfort or symptom of illness

Вздутие живота: временный дискомфорт или симптом болезни

Bloating or flatulence — This is an accumulation of gases in the intestines. Every person experiences such an unpleasant feeling. Someone suffers from it chronically, and someone feels discomfort from time to time. There are a lot of reasons for flatulence, ranging from harmless overeating, and ending with serious diseases.

The editorial staff of estet-portal.com tells what causes pathological gas formation, and how the condition can be alleviated.

Causes of gas formation in healthy people
Bloating — symptom of serious illness
How to get rid of flatulence at at home

Causes of gas formation in healthy people

Intermittent bloating is determined by several causes. They are not associated with health problems. This is a normal response of the body to a violation of the diet, physiological processes or neuropsychic stress.

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The main causes of increased gas formation:

Individual characteristics of digestion and intolerance to certain foods. For many people, the cause of bloating comes down to inadequate protein digestion. It not completely splits in stomach and, getting into intestine, begins to rot. The body's inability to completely break down sugar and carbohydrates also causes gas to form in the intestines. Some complex sugar compounds, such as lactose in milk, need sufficient amounts of the lactase enzyme. White cabbage, radish, radish, and legumes are the most common causes of flatulence.
Intestinal bacteria imbalance. There are trillions of healthy and unhealthy bacteria in the digestive tract. The number of pathogenic bacteria should not exceed the number of healthy ones.
Swallowing air with food — aerophagia. Swallowing poorly chewed food, talking during meals, sucking on lollipops, etc. d
Stress. Excitation of the nervous system causes spasm of the smooth muscles of the intestine.
Impaired muscle function.
After abdominal surgery, muscle strength decreases. As a result, the movement of food masses through the intestines slows down, they stagnate and they begin to rot.
Hormonal disorders.
For many women, the premenstrual period is accompanied by a change in the level of sex hormones. An imbalance of progesterone and estrogen causes the body to accumulate water and salt in the cells, which causes an increase in the abdomen and a feeling of heaviness.

In general, increased gas can be corrected with simple dietary changes. But if, along with the feeling of a full stomach or intestines, other unpleasant symptoms are observed, then this is a reason to consult a gastroenterologist.

In a serious illness against a background of bloating, the following can be observed:

Sometimes bloating lies on the surface of serious diseases, it accompanies the following diseases:

If excessive gas accumulation is not associated with a chronic illness, then a few simple exercises will help to get rid of discomfort.

Such exercises contribute to the rapid removal of gases.

Bloating is relieved by herbal drinks: green tea with thyme, ginger infusion, decoction of fennel seeds, anise or dill.

Properly organized meals — the best prevention of excessive gas formation. Limit your intake of coarse fiber, vegetable proteins, muffins, dairy products. Eliminate sweeteners from the diet, they are poorly absorbed.