Very embarassing problem

LegacyUser

Going unregistered for this.

I'm female, aged 25 and I have developed a very embarassing problem within the past 6 to 8 weeks. I fart a lot. When I say a lot - its every 10 minutes or so every single day. No other problems except for farting a lot. Some farts are loud others are quite. Some are long others are short.

My diet definiately wouldn't be the best. Breakfast is always gobbled down fast due to rushing out the door to work. Sometimes Lunch is gobbled down fast too. Dinner would be very late in the evening and that would be usually be soup.

I'm not looking for medical advice. Don't know what to do. Is this something I should go to the doctor about, and if so what do I tell him.

star-pants

Question is what has changed in the past 6-8weeks? Most likely down to your diet / what you ingest. To be certain I'd suggest you write out a rough guide of what you eat on a daily basis, and go up to your GP and explain.

My name is URL

You identified the causes in your post tbh. Eating too fast doesn't allow your digestive system to work properly and eating late in the evening does the same.

Try eating at a leisurely pace, even if you don't eat as much you'll feel just as full.

994

try a spoonful of vinegar every morning, helps a lot.

valleyoftheunos

Go see your GP

iguana

I agree with the other posters. Keep an eye on what you eat and take your time while eating. Many convenience food have starchy ingredients which will upset your stomach.

I will be brave and confess that I can't eat cup-a-soups without having an hour or two like you describe.:o So figure out what's causing your problem and cut it out of your diet.

Nevyn

Go to your dr it could be due to a range of things.

LegacyUser

It could be due to any number of things but if it's not accompanied by illness,pain,nausea or vomitting it's most likely diet or stress induced. Do you eat chewing gum? That's a very big culprit.

There are lots of over the counter remedies for these kind of symptoms. If you go to any chemist you'll find some among the indigestion remedies. Rennie make one called DeFlattine and theres one called Wind-ease that is popular.Anything with charcoal in it is a good bet.Colpermin over the counter treatment for IBS can also work very well for it and is usually one of the most recommended treatments by chemists and doctors too. I worked in a chemist for awhile and several people would ask about these kind of things everyday so don't be embarassed about it. Ask for a recommendation or else buy one or two and see what helps you.

RossFixxxed

Try diet (garbage in, garbage out)... Eat slower etc, try something the pharmacist recommends and if it keeps up it's off to the GP. Could be a whole number of things!

DO NOT USE THE INTERNET TO DIAGNOSE IT. It will probably tell you you have alien parasites that will grow into Predators or something.

Das Kitty

OP, it could be anything from your food to your posture.

Go talk to your GP about it.

However, strengthening your pelvic floor will allow you to control the release better (along with a range of other benefits), so it's not harm working on that a bit every day.

LegacyUser

Thank you all so much for the replies.

I'm very naive in that I never knew you could buy things over the counter for this. Will go to the chemist later and speak to the pharamist.

I will also take my time with eating meals. I'm terrible at getting up in the morning. I never get up on time. Well this morning was the first morning in ages that I got up on time and didn't need to rush out the door, and I ate my breakfast slowly. Still farting now but not every 10 minutes. So will definiately eat my meals slowly. I'll also have to work on my diet amd improve it.

If things don't improve within the week I'll definiately to the doctor.

Somebody wrote not to use the internet to diagnose a problem! I didn't want to google it at all and thats why I came in here to personal issues in boards.

Sure might actually reply back to this thread next week to let you know how I got on.

On a different note, I used to fart with every sit up I did a few weeks ago but had to give up doing the sit ups. All this farting is so embarassing so hopefully it will improve soon.

Oh The Humanity

Bad foods eaten on the run will definitely cause this.

Introduce some bio yogurts/yogurt drinks to your diet and slow down your eating. Chew the food well and try not to gulp air into your stomach when you eat.

Look at what you are eating, fast food is bad. Try to eat quality healthy food if you can as much as you can.

preilly79

Oh The Humanity wrote: »

... and try not to gulp air into your stomach when you eat.

You're not serious are you? That would cause burping at worst.

LegacyUser

Peppermint tea is fantastic for this problem. A cup of it drank slowly can really relieve things for a few hours. It's natural and easy to drink so you should try it.

spurious

Start keeping an honest written record of what you are eating and when you eat your meals. If some of the other suggestions here work to fix your problem, well and good, but if they do not, you will go to your GP armed with helpful information for him/her.

You will certainly not be the first person your doctor has seen with this problem.

Ann22

preilly79 wrote: »

You're not serious are you? That would cause burping at worst.

Ingested air does pass through. That's how a lot of babies suffer from colic.

LegacyUser

Ann22 wrote: »

Ingested air does pass through. That's how a lot of babies suffer from colic.

Heresay and conjecture. The cause of colic hasn't been affirmatively decided upon, and ingested air is believed, though not proven to be a contributing cause. there are quite a few things that doctors and researchers believe cause colic, though none have been proven.

additionally, the full name of the condition is baby colic (there are others), and I think we can agree that the OP is not a baby.

Ann22

Unregistered wrote: »

Heresay and conjecture. The cause of colic hasn't been affirmatively decided upon, and ingested air is believed, though not proven to be a contributing cause. there are quite a few things that doctors and researchers believe cause colic, though none have been proven.

additionally, the full name of the condition is baby colic (there are others), and I think we can agree that the OP is not a baby.

I'm well aware there are a few contributing factors to infant colic but all medical advice mentions to try and limit air swallowing ....I've had two very colicky babies. In my experience it is likely that wind passes into the small intestines in babies anyway, my two suffered terribly, particularly if they didn't burp after feeding. I know that there are foods that really increase gas problems too in the adult.

preilly79

Ann22 wrote: »

In my experience it is likely that wind passes into the small intestines in babies anyway, .

... babies.