What causes bloating? What are the symptoms of bloating?

Stomach bloating is a common phenomenon in life. This phenomenon is mostly related to people’s dietary structure and seriously affects people’s daily life. So what are the specific symptoms of stomach bloating?

Symptoms of bloating

1. A disease in which the stomach is distended and has a bloated appearance, which may be accompanied by clinical manifestations such as stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and inability to eat.

2. Patients with bloating will burp when they wake up early or before or after meals, accompanied by gas discharge, which is extremely harmful to the body. She cannot eat rice, meat, eggs, cold food, or rice porridge. She loses weight, becomes depressed, and suffers from nervous headaches and chest tightness, with breasts that feel hot and cold.

3. Abdominal bloating, diaphragm lifting, chest compression, the heart's contraction and relaxation functions are affected. The intestinal cavity is bloated and the intestinal pressure increases, affecting the blood circulation of the intestinal wall. The intra-abdominal pressure increases and the return of blood from the inferior vena cava is obstructed, which reduces the amount of blood returning to the heart, affecting cardiac ejection.

4. Gastric bloating is a type of stomach disease, the main symptoms of which are stomach bloating before and after meals, loss of appetite, and difficulty in defecation. Symptoms of bloating also include intermittent upper abdominal discomfort or pain, fullness, heartburn, belching, etc. They often do not want to eat or try to eat as little as possible due to discomfort such as chest tightness, early satiety, abdominal bloating, etc. They also have difficulty sleeping at night and often have nightmares after sleeping.

5. Some patients also have symptoms such as belching, alternating constipation and diarrhea, fever, etc.

Causes of bloating

1. Obstruction of gas discharge in the gastrointestinal tract.

2. Gas absorption disorder in the gastrointestinal tract. Under normal circumstances, most of the gas in the abdominal cavity is absorbed by the blood vessels in the intestinal wall and exhaled out of the body through the lungs. In some diseases, blood circulation in the intestinal wall is impaired, affecting the absorption of gas in the intestinal cavity, thus causing abdominal bloating.

3. Inhalation of air. When eating, a large amount of air is inhaled due to talking or bad eating habits, which causes intestinal bloating. For some reasons, the intestinal peristalsis function is weakened or disappears, so the gas in the intestinal cavity cannot be discharged from the body, causing abdominal distension.

4. Food fermentation. Under normal circumstances, there are a large number of bacteria in the lower ileum and ascending colon. If the chyme stays in this section of the intestine for too long for some reason, the bacteria may cause the chyme to ferment, produce a large amount of gas, and cause abdominal distension.

Notes for patients with bloating

1. Eat less fried food

Because this type of food is not easy to digest, it will increase the burden on the digestive tract. Eating too much will cause indigestion and increase blood lipids, which is not good for health.

2. Eat less pickled food

These foods contain more salt and certain carcinogens, so they should not be eaten too much.

3. Eat less raw, cold and irritating food

Raw, cold and highly irritating foods have a strong irritating effect on the gastrointestinal mucosa, and can easily cause diarrhea or gastrointestinal inflammation.

4. Eat regularly

Studies have shown that eating regularly, at fixed times and in fixed quantities, can form a conditioned reflex, help the secretion of digestive glands, and facilitate digestion.

5. Regular and quantitative

You should eat a moderate amount at each meal and eat three meals a day on time. When the time comes, you should take the initiative to eat regardless of whether you are hungry or not to avoid being too hungry or too full.

6. Choose the right time to drink water

The best time to drink water is in the morning on an empty stomach and one hour before each meal. Drinking water immediately after a meal will dilute the gastric juice, and soaking rice in soup will also affect the digestion of food.

7. Keep warm

When the stomach gets cold, its function will be damaged, so you should pay attention to keeping the stomach warm and avoid getting cold.

8. Avoid stimulation

Do not smoke, because smoking causes the blood vessels in the stomach to constrict, affecting the blood supply to the stomach wall cells, reducing the resistance of the gastric mucosa and inducing stomach diseases. You should drink less alcohol and eat less spicy foods such as chili peppers and pepper.