Flatulence in summer may be caused by physiological factors, or it may be a clinical manifestation of some functional or organic diseases.
1. Physiological factors: summer heat, increased blood flow to the surface of the body to increase heat dissipation, gastrointestinal and other visceral blood flow is reduced, resulting in decreased secretion of digestive juices and gastric emptying obstacles. Cold drinks stimulate gastrointestinal spasms, which can also reduce the activity of digestive enzymes. Another large amount of sweating to increase the discharge of sodium chloride, the body of chloride ions to reduce the acidity of gastric juice. The above reasons cause a decline in digestive function to produce the symptoms of flatulence.
2. Functional diseases: Functional diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome, functional bloating and other causes, generally not accompanied by vomiting, fever, blood in the stool and other alarm symptoms. Functional diseases can be caused by the patient’s nervousness, anxiety and other psychosomatic factors.
3. Organic diseases: chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer and other digestive diseases caused by dyspepsia, can be accompanied by acid reflux, belching (burp); chronic cardiac insufficiency cardiac excretion is insufficient, the gastrointestinal tract ischemia and stasis; systemic lupus erythematosus can be caused by vasculitis of the gastrointestinal tract; some other systemic diseases or parasitic diseases can also cause gastric flatulence symptoms.
There are many causes of summer flatulence, if the discomfort is not relieved for a long time or other accompanying symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc. should go to the regular hospital in a timely manner to find out the cause of the disease and actively treat it, so as to avoid delays in the condition.