What’s with the farting and the gurgling?



Farting and gurgling may be due to physiological factors such as dietary habits or structure, or gastrointestinal disorders such as gastroenteritis.

1. Physiological factors: When eating a large amount of gas-producing food, such as turnips, sweet potatoes, beans, etc., or laughing or talking loudly during meals, eating into the wind, etc., will lead to a large amount of gas in the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in the symptom of always farting and gurgling in the stomach.

In addition, the abdomen is cold, eat cold spicy and other stimulating food, will stimulate the gastrointestinal tract peristalsis accelerate, resulting in always farting in the stomach and gurgling.

2. Gastrointestinal diseases: when the patient suffers from indigestion, gastroenteritis, irritable bowel syndrome, intestinal flora disorders, etc., it will also lead to an increase in the production of gas in the intestines, intestinal peristalsis to speed up the appearance of farting and gurgling in the stomach. At this time, the patient may also be accompanied by abdominal distension and abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, acid reflux belching and other discomforts.

If the patient has long-term or recurrent farting and gurgling, it is recommended to consult a doctor to identify the cause of the disease and carry out targeted treatment.