Bad Gas Pain: 6 Tips for Relief

2024-09-27 – Health – www.everydayhealth.com


Gas is a normal part of life. Everyone has gas in their stomach and intestines at all times, though you may not always realize it or feel it. “Gas is air in our intestines made up of different gases, including nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, methane and oxygen,” says Akeek Bhatt, MD , a gastroenterologist at OhioHealth Marion General Hospital in Marion, Ohio. “The gas comes from air we swallow as we breathe, eat, and swallow and as a by-product of digestion of the foods we eat and fermentation of digested foods by bacteria that live in our gut — our intestinal microbiome,” says Dr. Bhatt. “We expel this gas by belching and farting, which is a normal process.” Gas in itself is not a bad thing. The average person passes gas anywhere from 14 to 23 times a day.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e597629f5ea2c60-0f38-4f7a-a908-4627d3574caa But what can be problematic is if excess gas gets trapped in your gut, which can cause painful symptoms such…
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