- Belching is caused by swallowed air from:
- Eating or drinking too fast
- Poorly fitting dentures; not chewing food completely
- Carbonated beverages
- Chewing gum or sucking on hard candies
- Excessive swallowing due to nervous tension or postnasal drip
- Forced belching to relieve abdominal discomfort
- To prevent excessive belching, avoid:
- Carbonated beverages
- Chewing gum
- Hard candies
Simethicone may be helpful
- Abdominal bloating and discomfort may be due to intestinal sensitivity or symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. To relieve symptoms, avoid:
- Broccoli
- Baked beans
- Cabbage
- Carbonated drinks
- Cauliflower
- Chewing gum
- Hard candy
- Abdominal distention resulting from weak abdominal muscles:
- Is better in the morning
- Gets worse as the day progresses
- Is relieved by lying down
- To prevent Abdominal distention:
- Tighten abdominal muscles by pulling in your stomach several times during the day
- So sit-up exercises if possible
- Wear an abdominal support garment if exercise is too difficult
- Flatulence is gas created through bacterial action in the bowel and passed rectally. Keep in mind that:
- 10-18 passages per day are normal
- Primary gases are harmless and odorless
- Noticeable smells are trace gases related to food intake
- Foods that are likely to form gas include:
- Milk, dairy products, and medications that contain lactose--If your body doesn't produce the enzyme (lactase) to break it down.
- Certain vegetables--baked beans, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage
- Certain starches--wheat, oats, corn, potatoes. Rice is a good substitute.
- If flatulence is a concern, see your doctor to determine if you are lactose intolerant.
- Identify offending foods. Reduce or eliminate these gas-forming foods from your diet.
- Activated Charcoal may provide some benefit.
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