Is there such a thing as passing gas and not excusing yourself while sitting at the dinner table?
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Yes, it's called dinner at my house.\n\nThe proper thing to do is to blame the youngest person at the table. \n\nI think I read that in an article by "Miss Manners". LOL
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Yes, it can. Your best non-medical intervention is to avoid large meals (have lots of "snacks" instead) and don't eat late at night. If you go to bed around 11, best not to eat after 8.\n\nAlso best to avoid "gas producing" foods for your evening meal, as the gasses fill up your stomach and make the hernia protruded even worse than usual. You know what I mean, stuff like beans, broccoli.\n\nNot speaking for myself, but several patients have told me that "food combining rules" are helpful, rules like "don't eat fruits and vegetables at the same meal". I don't know these rules, but I easily googled them when I first heard of them.\n\nIf you still are getting uncomfortable when you lay down in bed, try sleeping in a recliner so you are in little more upright of a posture. If you don't have a handy LaZBoy, those folding loungers from LeFuma -- you know, the fancy dan ones that cost $100 -- are so comfortable that I can't stay awake! I ONLY use them for sleeping!\n\nIf you decide to go on medication, here is a tip. Nexium is just the same as Prilosec except for addition of something to prevent/treat bleeding ulcers. If bleeding ulcers have never been a problem, why not just take which ever is cheapest for you?
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Take Gas-x That should help. Otherwise, try to change your diet to make you less gassy. good luck.
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Gas exiting the body- and it makes a stink!!!
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two causes of passing gas\nAir swallowing (aerophagia) is a common cause of gas in the stomach. Everyone swallows small amounts of air when eating and drinking. However, eating or drinking rapidly, chewing gum, smoking, or wearing loose dentures can cause some people to take in more air.\n\nUndigested food passes from the small intestine into the large intestine, where normal, harmless bacteria break down the food, producing hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and, in about one-third of all people, methane. Eventually these gases exit through the rectum. The balance of the two types of bacteria may explain why some people have more gas than others. \n\nExperience has shown that the most common ways to reduce the discomfort of gas are changing diet, taking medicines, and reducing the amount of air swallowed.
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Perhaps there is nothing intrincally wrong with you.If you know that   certain things give you gases better try to avoid them. That  on some occasions they do not do so is not argument to take them. Perhaps at that particular time some other factors may have given you the respite but the fact remains that they eg. cabbage don't agree with you.One of my friends got gases when he drank tea. He found out hat the milk in the tea was the villain of the peace when he had gone into the interior where no milk was available and had to drink black t ea.It is advisable to set with you feet folded beneath you for 10-15 minitues after each meal. The gas will pass out ,sometimes noisely but the stomach would be rid of them.But the main think is  look before you eat.
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Yes, you can have gas pains all over.  Whenever I've had this problem, a couple of tbs. of an antacid has relieved the pain.
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I am not allowed to fart at the dinner table when we have company.
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don't worry about it just fart
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yes, it is ,the release of gas built up in your system  is important  to release as nature intended --- all this talk of it being impolite is killing us. colon rectal cancer, ulcers any number of gastrointestinal problems can be linked to not farting when the  need presents itself .no matter where you  are you should freely pass gas and remind people that you are only doing what is natural.
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Drink water. I know you are stuffed, but drinking water will help break up the food more, allowing it to digest easier and a little quicker. Plus it will helpit "pass" quicker.
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It wasnt too funny when it happened to me.  I had just had my hysterectomy and THOUGHT I had to pass gas.  WRONG!  Went right on myself.  I was still in the hospital at the time doing my laps and ran as best I could all the way back to my room passing bathrooms all along the way for some unknown reason.  Its funny now that I look back at it but it sure wasnt when it was happening.
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Eat while bending over the table until you're boned tired.\n\nWith Matt-z balls on the menu.
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Gas pocket?  Have you burped or eaten anything?  Try eating something and taking a spoonful of baking soda.  If not that, tums does the trick.
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Baking soda and water is great but don't if you can't have a lot of salt or have high blood pressure.  I find too much salt can give me gas so it may not be your first choice!!\n\nCalcium!!  Calcium helps a lot.\nMilk\nwhite of eggs\ndrink plenty of water..if looking at bottled water avoid ones with potassium\n\nI find basil can help with Gas and is not acidic  \nTo better tollerate baking soda you may want to have something like peppermint or chammomile to calm your system before you take it.
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I have that same problem. Try to avoid caffeine or carbonated drinks or foods that would produce gas. If it helps, buy some over the counter medicine.
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Yes. You could be eating too much fiber, you could have a very slow digestive tract that allows waste to sit there for too long, you could be eating foods that make you build up gas (cabbage, beans, broccoli, etc.), or you could have a health condition. Talk to your doctor for a definite diagnosis. This certainly is not natural.