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Suggest Treatment For Excessive Gas Formation In Abdomen

while sleeping i fart continously which start to happen to me a decade ago . i have used several medicines and avoid some food..but no result,,recently i enrolled in college where i share a room with a friend and the sound of fart is disturbing him and am planning to quit school..is there anyways of avoiding the sound,? for God sake help me ..only the sound ...
Mon, 22 Aug 2016
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted the history of farting continuously on sleeping for about a decade.
Tried several medications and avoided some food, recently enrolled in a collage where you share a room with a friend and the sound of farting is disturbing to him hence you are planning to quit, wants to know is there any way to stop the sound.
As per the history you have provided it is the farting sound that is disturbing, not the smell.
Hence the commonest causes of such a farting are:
Aerophagia meaning inadvertent swallowing of air while breathing, talking, eating. This can be secondary to the anxiety one has.
Hence you can follow the principles of:
Eat slow, chew well and swallow slowly; at no point you should be in a hurry.
Talk slowly.
Avoid anything that causes you anxiety and aerophagia. The farting will automatically stop.
Another reasons are:
Disturbed bacterial flora allowing the gas producing bacteria to thrive more and produce excessive gases.
This can be treated by a course of an antibiotic, Metronidazole.
Take activated charcoal, simethicon, banana, curd/yogurt.
Avoid all the aerated drinks.
Make a list of the foods and beverages that instigate or enhance your problems and stop them altogether, particularly all sort of nuts.
I hope this answer helps you to get a diagnosis and proper medication so that there is ano farting and hence no sound.
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Suggest Treatment For Excessive Gas Formation In Abdomen

Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history of farting continuously on sleeping for about a decade. Tried several medications and avoided some food, recently enrolled in a collage where you share a room with a friend and the sound of farting is disturbing to him hence you are planning to quit, wants to know is there any way to stop the sound. As per the history you have provided it is the farting sound that is disturbing, not the smell. Hence the commonest causes of such a farting are: Aerophagia meaning inadvertent swallowing of air while breathing, talking, eating. This can be secondary to the anxiety one has. Hence you can follow the principles of: Eat slow, chew well and swallow slowly; at no point you should be in a hurry. Talk slowly. Avoid anything that causes you anxiety and aerophagia. The farting will automatically stop. Another reasons are: Disturbed bacterial flora allowing the gas producing bacteria to thrive more and produce excessive gases. This can be treated by a course of an antibiotic, Metronidazole. Take activated charcoal, simethicon, banana, curd/yogurt. Avoid all the aerated drinks. Make a list of the foods and beverages that instigate or enhance your problems and stop them altogether, particularly all sort of nuts. I hope this answer helps you to get a diagnosis and proper medication so that there is ano farting and hence no sound.