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Thanks for contacting with your health concern:
1. If bloating persists for more than 2 weeks, kindly see a doctor to eliminate any underlying health issue and its management.
2. Lifestyle changes are more important than medicine:
i. Avoid gas-forming food: beans, onions, fast food, dairy products, refined sugars, carbonated drinks, undue stress, alcohol, caffeine, and take
vitamin E & omega 3 fatty acid capsules, fiber-rich diet and later shift to alternative medicine and finally look for medications
ii. Take Cucumbers, Green beans, Sweet potatoes, Avocados, Vinegars [all types], Garlic, ripe tomatoes, lemon juice in the morning with hot water, apples, berries, papaya, pear.
. Vegetable juices - Beet and cucumber are especially helpful, Avoid all fruit juices except organic grape juice and organic apple: fresh, self-juiced is best [dilute with water before drinking]
. High fiber [fresh fruits and vegetables] and low-fat diet [skimmed milk], hing, old brown rice, barley, horse gram, moong dal, ginger, green leafy vegetables, oil massage, boiled water,
3. If after following dietary regime you still have gas trouble, investigate for:
. Stool [for
amoebiasis,
giardiasis,tapeworm]
. Hb% [for anemia]
.
Ultrasonography [for gallbladder]
.
Sigmoidoscopy & gastroscopy [if indicated]
4. Abdominal exercises are very useful for
chronic flatulence and
chronic constipation.
. eating a less than demanded by appetite is very important.
. tablet gasex: 1 tablet thrice daily