Abdominal distension
Abdominal bloating is a common condition in adults and children, which is a feeling of fullness and tightness in the abdomen. This is because the gastrointestinal tract is filled with gases or air. Twenty times daily after their normal production of digestive processes that take place in the stomach and intestines. Although flatulence is associated with discomfort, discomfort, and embarrassment that sometimes affect work and participation in social activities, it is often not associated with a serious medical condition. Symptoms associated with flatulence include pain, Flatulence, Belching, and Abdominal Rumbling.
Treatment of flatulence
Life-changing therapy
The most important changes in lifestyle to reduce the problem of flatulence include:
- Avoid legumes: Avoid foods that are difficult to digest, such as legumes; they contain a type of non-digestible sugars only through bacteria in the intestines.
- Avoid eating some fruits and vegetables: Some types of fruits and vegetables cause gas production and flatulence because they contain sugars and starches difficult to digest. Cabbage, , Lettuce, apple, peaches, and pears.
- Avoid sweeteners : Avoid artificial sweeteners such as sorbitol and natural processed sugars, such as fructose, which are often difficult to digest, causing bloating.
- Avoid dairy products: It is advisable to avoid dairy products if there is a problem in digesting milk sugar, known as lactose.
- Attention to the amount of fiber handled: Although healthy food should contain fibers such as whole grains, it is an indigestible carbohydrate. It is recommended to gradually increase the amount of fiber in the food and increase water intake to avoid flatulence and constipation.
- stop smoking: Smoking is associated with many gastrointestinal problems, most notably bulging and burning stomach. Smoking causes bowel disorder.
- Minimize salt intake: Taking too much salt may cause water retention in the body, and therefore bloating. Flavoring herbs can also be used to reduce the use of salt.
- Avoid fatty food: Eating high-fat meals takes a long time to digest and cause flatulence. This is due to slow movement of fat in the gastrointestinal tract. It is also recommended to reduce the intake of fried foods and processed foods.
- Avoid soft drinks: Carbonated drinks, such as carbonated water and carbonated soda, are recommended. These drinks contain the carbon dioxide that accumulates in the body causing bloating.
- Maintaining healthy eating habits: It is recommended to eat slowly and chew well; it helps to enjoy the taste of food, and avoid swallowing the air, and start oral digestion, and avoid eating large amounts of food, and advised to eat multiple meals and small during the day to avoid bulge.
- Avoid constipation: It is recommended to avoid constipation by exercising for 30 minutes most days of the week, gradually increasing the intake of natural fiber with food, and drinking adequate amounts of water.
- Stress control: Tension and stress are linked to the possibility of convulsions in the colon, increased gas, diarrhea and constipation. This is due to the presence of nerves in the digestive tract. Relaxation, meditation and yoga exercises can be used to reduce stress and improve digestion.
Natural and home remedies
There are some home remedies to relieve the problem of flatulence, including:
- Drinking herbs: There is a range of natural herbs that can relieve the annoying feeling of bloating through the Creminative, including: ginger, chamomile, dill, fennel, basil, Cumin, cumin, parsley, peppermint, peppermint and Spearmint.
- Probiotic: Probiotics consist of a group of microorganisms that are beneficial to the human body, and are mainly beneficial bacteria that resemble bacteria that live naturally in the human intestines. Probiotics help digest food in a smooth way and get rid of gases. A variety of natural foods such as yogurt, fermented soybeans (Tempeh) and sauerkraut. The most important types of probiotics used to reduce bloating are lactobacillus acidophilus, Fedobactariom (in English: Bifidobacterium lactis).
- Massage: Apply a specific area of the abdomen to relieve swelling.
Drug therapy
The following are the most important medicines and supplements to reduce the problem of flatulence:
- Digestive enzymes : Enzymes digestion helps digest food and then absorb the nutrients from it, for example:
- Alpha-galactosidase (A-galactosidase): Helps digest some non-digestible carbs in some legumes and vegetables.
- Lactase: Helps digest lactose sugar.
- Amylase: Helps digest carbohydrates.
- Lipase: Helps digest fat.
- Protease: Helps digest proteins.
- Probiotic : Taking supplements containing beneficial bacteria to restore bacterial balance in the intestines.
- Simethicone (Simethicone) : The active ingredient Simethicone is an anti-gas substance and reduces the problem of bulging.
- Activated charcoal : Discs containing activated charcoal are used before food or when feeling bloated, which may reduce the smell of gases.
- Antispasmodics (Antispasmodics) : Examples include: Dicyclomine, Hyoscyamine and Otilonium bromide, which help relax the bowel muscles.
- Prokinetics : These drugs relieve swelling by promoting bowel movement and reducing digestion time.
- Antidepressants (Antidepressants) Some types of antidepressants help reduce the problem of bulging, such as Citalopram and Amitryptiline.
Causes of flatulence
Common causes
Here are the most common causes of flatulence:
- Swallowing: This occurs during fast food and drink, chewing gum, smoking, and using dentures.
- Some foods and beverages cause gas production in different amounts between people.
- Over-eating.
- Eat fatty foods that need more digestion time.
Health reasons
The following are a range of health problems and factors that can cause flatulence:
- Irritable bowel syndrome.
- Inflammatory bowel disease, such as ulcerative colitis, and Crohn’s disease.
- Heartburn.
- overweight.
- Giardiasis is an infection of the intestinal parasites.
- Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
- Psychological factors, such as stress, anxiety, and depression.
- Constipation.
- Change in the level of female hormones before the date of menstruation.
- The imbalance in microorganisms, the most important bacteria that live in the intestines, which may result from the use of antibiotics.
- Gastroparesis is a slow stomach emptying due to a problem in the movement of the gastrointestinal muscles.
- Food intolerance, the most common of which are: wheat gluten intolerance, and lactose intolerance (Lactose intolerance).
- A side effect of certain types of medications and supplements.