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QDear 100 Hour Board, So, this is quite the embarrassing question to ask, but I have noticed an awful trend that I pass gas in small burts that I can't control, especially when I am standing up. These moments of flatulence usually do not have a smell, and I can't even tell if others notice sometimes. But other times, I think they do notice, and it's quite embarrassing. So my question is this: why am I plagued with these short farts? Why do they come when I stand up so often? How do I stop them? Help please! -Embarrassed and stumped! ADear Embarrassed, As always, we are not medical professionals, so here are just some ideas: The first thing is that you don't really mention for how long you have been having this flatulence problem. Has this always happened? Do you know if you have some kind of digestion problem with a certain type of food (like lactose)? Flatulence happens when food gets all the way through the small intestine without being completely digested. The food then moves into the large intestine, which is inhabited by large amounts of bacteria. As the bacteria break down the food, they give off gases as a waste product which build up until they are released. So if you are eating foods that don't digest easily (like foods that are high in fiber), or if you are naturally unable to digest some types of carbohydrates easily (lactose is a carbohydrate), you could have chronic flatulence. Some things you might want to try to cut down on your overall flatulence production (and please keep in mind that these have been gleaned from the internet) are eating more slowly (giving your GI tract more time to break down all of your food), go walking after you eat, Beano (I've heard good things about this), capsules of spearmint or peppermint oil (many websites recommend this, but mostly those that sell spearmint or peppermint oil . . . of course, the Beano website recommends Beano, so who can you trust?). The reason you might be pooting more when you stand up than when you sit down is because your large intestine has a series of folds that helps retain solid waste while letting the gas build up and be released. It's possible that your folds don't fold so efficiently when you are standing the way they do when you are sitting. Having said all of that, your specific problem might be geographical as much as gastronomical. Here's a very interesting paper on high altitude flatus expulsion (HAPE) - spontaneous flatulence that occurs at a certain altitude. According to the paper, this typically only happens at around 11,000 feet in elevation, so even if that's not the primary reason, it might be contributing. - Rating Pending (who notes that "poot" is just one of a myriad of other euphemisms you could use) Back |
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