The phenomenon of bloating of the stomach after eating is probably faced by every person. In medicine, this phenomenon is called meteorism (flatulence).
Stomach bloating is mainly due to the fact that badly digested food from the stomach goes into the intestines, where it decomposes with the appearance of large amounts of gases.
Thus, the abdomen is inflated (bulging) due to the accumulation of gases, fecal masses and liquids. Stomach bloating after eating: causes and treatment - let's look at this article.
In middle-aged adults, every day about 700ml of gas is released through the intestines. The rest of the gas passes through the intestinal wall. Most of the gas in the intestine appears due to ingestion of atmospheric air, production of microorganisms, as well as seepage from blood vessels.
In a healthy body, gases migrate freely between blood and intestines thanks to balanced pressure in the plasma and intestines. Often, the gases are absorbed into the blood and are released through the lungs.
Physiological reasons for bloating the abdomen after eating are as follows:
-Intake of food that provokes gas formation;
- Excessive eating that provokes gas formation;
-Hurry up, smoking and talking while eating - during the process, air is swallowed up, part of which is pushed into the stomach and up to 30% enters the intestines;
-Soda intake due to heartburn;
-Drinking a lot of carbonated water,
-A sharp change in the usual diet (a trip to another country);
-Pregnancy.
The following products can be listed that cause increased gassing:
-milk and ice cream;
- cereals, bread, porridges except rice;
- legumes, beans, corn, soy products;
-nuts, walnuts, cedars, pistachios, peanuts, cashews;
- cabbage and radish, onions;
-mushrooms;
-pineapple, grapes, pears, peaches.
The causes of pathological abdominal bloating may be:
-disbacteriosis;
- irritable bowel syndrome;
-polypses, adhesions, diverticula, benign and malignant formations in the intestine;
-gastritis and stomach ulcer;
-chronic pancreatitis;
- Crohn's disease;
- intestinal flu
The pathology also includes neurotic meteorism and allergic. Stomach bloating during meals may occur due to the presence of helminths and infections in the body.
Meteorism differs in several types:
-alimentary development due to abuse of carbonated water, beer, flour products, fruits, etc.;
-dynamic occurs as a result of disturbance of intestinal dynamics and digestion rate of food. It is usually observed after the operation on gastrointestinal organs;
-digestive occurs due to digestive disorders;
-psychogenic develops after prolonged stress;
-disbiotic develops after changes in intestinal microflora, which is typical for gastritis, pancreatitis, etc.
Gastrointestinal tract diseases have much in common, so it is necessary to undergo a number of examinations to identify the cause of the pathology that disturbs you.
If you have a bouquet of symptoms, you should not go straight to the folk recipes for flatulence, because this way you can start the developing disease and find it in the already developed stage, when the treatment will be more serious and expensive.
Bless you!!!
