Dr. Rajasekhar M R | Appointment booking number: 74060 59933
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Proctologist|Chirag Hospital JP Nagar 2 Phase, Bangalore
Flatulence is nothing but increased gas in the intestine or stomach, causing bloating of abdomen or patient may be passing more amount of gas from anal side or they may be burping or removing more gas from oral side. This gas is caused by swallowing a lot of air. So whenever we take food, whenever we swallow, we will be swallowing air. So this is usual and everybody will have less amount of flatulence, which will be usually passed from below whereas if it is in excess and if it remains in the stomach then people will be burping and removing all the gas. The other sort of gas is not air, it is fermented gases, if it is indigested gases, it can get digested, where we are more likely to get more of gases which is smelly and causing more issues than regular flatulence so if there is indigestion, infection that is casing flatulence, that has to be treated with appropriate medicines, whereas if it is regular flatulence, some of the food items that people are not able to digest, people should try to avoid it and flatulence is not a disease, it is only a discomfort and when it is causing discomfort, we may have to treat it medically.
