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Home remedies for gas pain

Posted on October 4, 2007 - Filed Under Digestive System

Gas pains can be really troublesome. The pain can be so intense that you feel it’s serious illness. The following passage provides you with the possible home remedies for gas pain, causes and symptoms to help you acknowledge the problem.

Causes of gas pain:

• As we eat or drink we also swallow air. Sometime we may swallow air when we are nervous. This air finds its way into your lower digestive tract.
• One of the main causes of gas pain is when bacteria in your colon, ferment carbohydrates that are not digested in your small intestines.
• Even some of healthy foods such as, beans, peas and whole grains can cause gas to form, as these foods are high in fiber.
• Dairy products consumption can also cause gas formation. It may be because your body is not able to break down the sugar (lactose) in dairy foods.
• Use of certain medicines such as antibiotics and constipating drugs, also cause gas pain as they disrupt the normal bacterial flora that live in your bowel (part of the intestines).
• Artificial sweetener like sorbitol and mannitol found in some sugar-free foods can also cause excess gas if your system cannot tolerate it.
• Do eat in a hurry. Eating when you are on the run and under stress can interfere with digestion process and cause gas.
• Smoking can also increase the amount of air you swallow.

Symptoms of gas pain:

Sharp pains and jabbing cramps in your abdomen are the symptoms of gas pain and these pains can change location quickly. Sometimes the pain is so intense that you feel it is serious illness like a heart problem, back pains and many others. This generally occurs when gas builds up in your intestines and not able to expel it. The voluntary or involuntary passing of gas, either as belching (burp) or as flatus (gas generated in or expelled from the digestive tract) is also symptoms of gas pain.

Home remedies for Gas pain:

• Try teas with peppermint, chamomile or fennel to relieve gas pain. Peppermint contains menthol, which appears to have an antispasmodic effect on the smooth muscles of digestive tract. This is one of the most effective home remedies for gas pain.
• If you have a severe pain try lying on your back, pulling your legs up to your chest. This can help to expel your gas. This is an immediate home remedy for gas pain.
• Avoid consuming foods that affect you the most, such as high-fiber foods, dairy products, soda content drinks, beer, and other food products that cause excess gas.
• You can temporarily cut high-fiber foods and gradually build up the intake over the weeks.
• Eat several small meals instead of eating two or three larger ones a day.
• One of the simpler and effective home remedies for gas pain is to increase the amount of fluid you drink, especially water.

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