What should I do if I have farting bowel movements?

Farting and unformed stools are related to improper diet, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, etc. Patients can be treated with medication or surgery as prescribed by the doctor. 1. Improper diet: When the body ingests gas-producing, cold foods, such as sweet potatoes, ice cream, etc., it is easy to cause farting and unformed stool symptoms. Usually, there is no need for special medication, and most of them will return to normal after adjusting the diet. 2. Irritable bowel syndrome: If it is clear that farting and unformed stools are caused by irritable bowel syndrome, patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to use bifidobacteria, lactobacillus and other intestinal microecological agents to correct intestinal bacterial imbalance. Some patients can also use montelukast and other antidiarrheal agents, Mebeverine, Alverine and other antispasmodic agent treatment. 3. Ulcerative colitis: usually patients can follow the doctor’s instructions with mesalazine, salazosulfapyridine and other aminosalicylic acid preparations, azathioprine, mercaptopurine and other immunosuppressants, prednisone, methylprednisolone and other glucocorticosteroids. If the patient is accompanied by hemorrhage, perforation and other symptoms, it is necessary to carry out total colorectal resection plus ileal storage bag anal tube anastomosis treatment. It is recommended that people who love to fart and have unformed stools should consult a doctor for examination in order to clarify the cause of the disease and then follow the doctor’s instructions to use medication, and should not use medication indiscriminately on their own.