If gas, bloating, or burping is making you uncomfortable, take the following steps to help manage your symptoms:. Hiccups are usually harmless and go away without any treatment. But if hiccups are making you uncomfortable, the following safe and easy home remedies may help you manage your symptoms. Call your doctor if any of the following occur during home treatment:.
To prepare for your appointment, see the topic Making the Most of Your Appointment. You can help your doctor diagnose and treat your condition by being prepared to answer the following questions:.
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Learn how we develop our content. To learn more about Healthwise, visit Healthwise. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated. Updated visitor guidelines. You are here Home » Gas, Bloating, and Burping. Topic Overview Gas flatus , burping, and bloating are all normal conditions. Common causes of gas and bloating include: Swallowed air.
If swallowed air is not burped up, it passes through the digestive tract and is released through the anus as flatus. Excessive air swallowing may cause hiccups. Foods and beverages. The amount of gas that different foods cause varies from person to person.
Lactose intolerance. A person who cannot easily digest lactose, a type of natural sugar found in milk and dairy products can have both gas and bloating as well as other symptoms. This can cause bloating but generally does not increase gas. Medicines or nutritional supplements. Both prescription and nonprescription medicines, as well as dietary supplements, can cause bloating and gas as side effects.
A medical condition, such as a bowel obstruction or Crohn's disease. Changes in hormone levels. It is common for women to have bloating right before their periods, because their bodies retain fluid. Check Your Symptoms Do you have a problem with gas, bloating, or burping? How old are you? Less than 12 years. Are you male or female? Why do we ask this question? The medical assessment of symptoms is based on the body parts you have.
If you are transgender or nonbinary, choose the sex that matches the body parts such as ovaries, testes, prostate, breasts, penis, or vagina you now have in the area where you are having symptoms. If you have some organs of both sexes, you may need to go through this triage tool twice once as "male" and once as "female".
This will make sure that the tool asks the right questions for you. Do you have moderate or severe belly pain? Could you be having symptoms of a heart attack? If you're having a heart attack, there are several areas where you may feel pain or other symptoms. Are you having trouble swallowing?
Can you swallow food or fluids at all? Do you have hiccups? Have you had hiccups for more than 2 days? Do hiccups occur often and disrupt your usual activities? Do you think that a medicine could be causing the symptoms? Think about whether the symptoms started after you began taking a new medicine or a higher dose of a medicine. Have you tried home treatment for more than 1 week? In the past few weeks, have you been losing weight without trying?
Have you felt less hungry than usual for more than 2 weeks? These include: Your age. Babies and older adults tend to get sicker quicker. Your overall health. Intestinal gas. Saunders Elsevier; Cameron P, et al. Peptic ulcer disease and gastritis. In: Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine. Elsevier; Rowland I, et al. Gut microbiota functions: Metabolism of nutrients and other food components.
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In addition, individuals who experience anxiety may swallow air excessively. As a result, significant amounts of gas can enter the stomach and small bowel in 24 hours which can lead to belching, bloating or flatulence. Some carbohydrates cannot be digested by the enzymes in the small intestine and reach the colon where bacteria metabolize them to hydrogen and carbon dioxide gasses.
Examples of such food are bran, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and beans. This can result in excess flatulence in some patients. Many patients experience abdominal cramps, bloating and flatulence when they ingest milk, certain cheeses or ice cream because they lack the enzyme lactase which is required to digest milk sugars lactose. This condition, called lactose intolerance, is less common in people of northern European origin.
Another cause of bloating and abdominal distension is termed bacterial overgrowth. This is not an infection, but occurs when there is an excess amount of normal bacteria in the small intestine. This results in increased production of intestinal gas contributing to the above symptoms. Finally, underlying constipation may also contribute to bloating and a sense of abdominal distention.
As mentioned above, excessive air swallowing, and certain foods and carbonated beverages are significant contributors to belching and flatulence. Some patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS appear to be uniquely sensitive to normal or only slightly increased volumes of intestinal gas and may develop abdominal cramps as a result. Patients with altered anatomy due to surgery or those with certain rheumatologic diseases may be at an increased risk of bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine which can lead to belching, bloating or flatulence.
Some patients, particularly women who have had one or more pregnancies, experience abdominal distension when standing erect. This is often assumed to be gas accumulation. There are individuals who have heartburn and stomach disorders that may swallow air for relief. Passing gas through the anus is called flatulence.
Most of the time gas does not have an odor. The odor comes from bacteria in the large intestine that release small amounts of gases that contain sulfur. Gas in the digestive tract comes from two sources: air that you swallow and the breakdown of undigested food by bacteria in the large intestine. Certain foods may cause gas.
Foods that produce gas in one person may not cause gas in another. Medicines can help reduce gas or the pain and bloating caused by gas.
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