Treatment of belching

Treatment of belching includes various methods of combating this dysfunction of the gastrointestinal tract: both traditional, medical, and folk, proven over centuries.

Belching is a process of sudden and uncontrolled release of gases from the digestive tract through the mouth. In some cases, pieces of food and crumbs are pushed out along with the gases. Basically, the products of belching are thrown out of the esophagus and stomach. The release of gases is accompanied by certain sounds and unpleasant odors. Also, in addition to gases and pieces of food, gastric juice and bile may “ask” to come back.

There are many reasons for belching: swallowing air while eating, not following healthy eating habits, drinking carbonated soft drinks (as well as other unsuitable foods), and deteriorating gastrointestinal tract function, as well as its diseases. Belching can also occur due to an incorrect position that a person took immediately after eating (for example, bending over sharply or lying horizontally).

Healthy people suffer from belching only occasionally, but those with certain digestive system diseases suffer from it constantly.

Treatment for belching air

Belching occurs immediately after eating. It is a sudden release of air through the mouth, which is not accompanied by unpleasant odors. Air that has entered the esophagus or stomach during a meal begins to come back out with sharp and slightly unpleasant "exhausts".

As a rule, this type of belching bothers a person when he eats in a hurry and chews food poorly. Such absorption of food "in pieces", without careful processing, as well as haste and fast pace of the meal, lead to the fact that a large amount of air gets into the gastrointestinal tract. Which will subsequently cause belching.

Also, talking while eating contributes to the fact that during communication and simultaneous absorption of food, a lot of air gets into the person's stomach. Which then, absolutely naturally, "wants" to escape through the mouth.

Therefore, the treatment of belching consists, first of all, in learning to consume food in silence and calm. In the absence of conversations, unnecessary emotions and other factors that disturb a person during a meal.

Overeating can also contribute to the appearance of such unpleasant symptoms after eating as belching. Therefore, you need to make a rule to eat as much as contributes to satiety, but not more. It is especially harmful to consume food "in reserve". This leads not only to the appearance of belching, but also provokes the occurrence of many gastrointestinal diseases.

Chewing gum, which is loved by many, especially children, can also lead to the appearance of belching symptoms. The fact is that constant chewing is not a distinctive feature of a person (as opposed to, for example, a cow). Therefore, constant chewing of something in the mouth promotes the secretion of gastric juice in the absence of food that has entered the stomach. Which causes its dysfunction, which manifests itself, first of all, in the appearance of belching air.

Nutritionists recommend a short rest (about half an hour) after eating. However, if a person starts doing some physical exercises immediately after finishing a meal, this can lead to belching. The stomach needs some rest for a while so that the food can be processed and enter the intestines for further absorption. Physical activity involves squeezing the stomach, which leads to disruption of the normal functioning of the digestion process.

Sometimes belching is a symptom of certain diseases, namely:

• nasal breathing disorders;
• diseases of the oral cavity and teeth;
• aerophagia, which is the swallowing of excess air while eating, caused by dysfunction of the stomach;
• some types of neuroses.

Belching also occurs as a result of consuming certain foods – carbonated drinks, including mineral water, and beer. The appearance of belching in this case is associated with increased gas formation in the stomach, which is what causes the air to escape. Baking soda also helps provoke gas formation in the stomach, which can lead to air exhaust from the mouth.

Well, and of course, pregnancy, as a certain period of life in women, is most often accompanied by the appearance of belching. Due to the fact that the stomach is squeezed by the growing uterus, the digestion processes in it are difficult and lead to stagnation and increased gas formation. In this case, experts recommend changing the diet and strictly adhering to the rules of food intake. Future mothers are also recommended to follow a certain diet, which will include only healthy foods and drinks. And also the food that does not contribute to increased gas formation in the intestines.

Treatment for rotten burps

Symptoms of rotten belching include the appearance of an unpleasant rotten smell from the mouth. This type of belching indicates that food stagnates in the stomach, is not processed and is not sent to the intestines for further absorption and removal from the body. In this case, the food consumed begins to accumulate in the stomach, rot and form gases that are released back through the oral cavity with an unpleasant odor. Perhaps, this causes pain in the pit of the stomach, indicating that there are problems with the stomach.

The causes of indigestion, in which food begins to rot and emit an unpleasant odor that is released through the mouth, are quite large. Diseases that cause such symptoms include:

• pancreatitis,
• hypoacid gastritis,
• gastroesophageal reflux disease,
• signs of diabetes,
• symptoms of duodenogastric reflux,
• the presence of viral hepatitis A,
• the appearance of a diaphragmatic hernia,
• decreased motor functions of the gastrointestinal tract,
• the occurrence of ulcers in the epithelium of the stomach or duodenum,
• symptoms of gallstone disease,
• the emergence of oncological processes in the digestive system,
• signs of cholecystitis.

If rotten belching occurs infrequently, there is no need for special treatment. You only need to take care of proper nutrition, which was described in each section of this article. If rotten belching symptoms constantly bother you, you need to consult a specialist and undergo an examination. Since in this case, the treatment of rotten belching is the therapy of the underlying disease that caused the unpleasant symptoms.

General recommendations for preventing rotten burps are as follows:

• After finishing a meal, it is best to walk at a leisurely and calm pace for thirty minutes to an hour.
• You need to lie down to rest on a high pillow, which will prevent food from being thrown out of the stomach into the esophagus.
• Avoid wearing tight clothing, especially belts and straps that are too tight around the waist and stomach.
• Food should be taken frequently and in small portions. Each portion of food should be chewed thoroughly and for a long time.
• Foods that cause fermentation processes in the stomach should be excluded from the diet. These include flour products and pastries, sweets, legumes, cabbage.
• If the patient is involved in sports activities, then if the symptoms of rotten belching intensify, exercises that put stress on the abdominal muscles should be excluded.
• A highly desirable recommendation is to get rid of such bad habits as drinking alcohol and smoking.
• If symptoms of rotten belching appear, it is recommended to take some activated carbon. To improve its absorption properties, the tablets are crushed and dissolved in water, and then drunk. If this process is labor-intensive, and it is necessary to get rid of belching, it is recommended to chew the tablets thoroughly in the mouth and only then swallow with water. Taking activated carbon is contraindicated in acute forms of ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract.
• A temporary therapy for the occurrence of rotten burps can be the drug "Smecta". Adults are recommended to take one packet three times a day. And for children over two years old - two times a day, one packet.

Treatment for belching after eating

Belching usually occurs immediately after eating.

To avoid belching after eating, it is necessary to conduct a thorough revision of the foods and drinks that a person consumes. Nutritionists and gastroenterologists advise excluding carbonated drinks from the diet, including mineral water, dishes made from beans and peas.

But the most effective method of treating belching after eating is a leisurely and thoughtful meal. It is necessary to leave behind the rush, various worries and concentrate on food. Food should be chewed slowly, long and thoroughly. Then the symptoms of belching will bother a person very rarely, and perhaps never.

It is also necessary to follow the following rule of eating - eat in small portions. At the same time, each spoon of food or each sip of a drink should be small in volume, and the portions of food themselves - a little smaller than usual.

Another recommendation from nutritionists when treating belching is to avoid talking at the table. It is clear that in our society, heart-to-heart talks are common among family or close people gathered for a delicious dinner. But such a tradition leads to a large amount of air getting into the stomachs of people talking while eating, which in most cases will cause belching.

Gastroenterologists do not recommend drinking water or other drinks with food. The best time to drink is half an hour (an hour) before eating and an hour or two after eating. The fact is that liquid that gets into the stomach at the same time as food dilutes the concentration of gastric juice, which leads to a deterioration in digestion.

Irregular bowel movements also affect the process of gas formation in it. The process of delaying digested food in the intestine leads to the fact that gases begin to form in the digestive tract. Which can begin to come out through the oral cavity in the form of belching with an unpleasant odor. Therefore, if there is constipation and irregular bowel movements, the patient needs to review his diet. Specialists recommend introducing fiber-rich foods into the patient's menu, which help restore proper bowel function and eliminate constipation, and then belching.

People suffering from unpleasant symptoms after eating should remember that treating belching after eating is, first of all, their task of revising their lifestyle. And only then - turning to doctors for drug therapy.

Treatment of heaviness in the stomach with belching

Heaviness in the stomach, accompanied by belching - these are symptoms of dyspepsia. These unpleasant phenomena may also be accompanied by signs of heartburn, bloating, flatulence, nausea and an unpleasant taste in the mouth.

The cause of such symptoms can be various gastrointestinal diseases, for example,

If the cause of belching is a problem with the stomach, then the following remedies will help to cope with this unpleasant problem.

• Treatment method #1 – after finishing a meal, you need to dilute a quarter teaspoon of soda in half a glass of water. Drink the water with soda, and after a while the belching stops.
• Treatment method #2 – magnesium dissolved in water will also help. Take a quarter teaspoon of the preparation for half a glass of water. The liquid should be drunk immediately after eating, immediately after the signs of belching appear.
• Treatment method #3 – once or twice a day, drop five drops of clove essential oil onto a small amount of sugar. Eat the mixture and use the treatment procedure for a month.

Gastroenterologists recommend taking medications such as Omez, Mezim, Almagel, and Imodium to better regulate stomach function.

But first of all, you need to take care of your diet and quality of nutrition. If you experience unpleasant symptoms in your stomach, you need to change your diet. First of all, you need to get rid of sweets - cakes, tea with sugar, jam, and so on. Sugar that gets into the stomach causes fermentation of food, which leads to increased gas formation, and therefore, flatulence and belching. It is very harmful to eat sweet foods immediately after eating. If a person wants sweets, it is better to eat them half an hour to an hour before the start of a meal or an hour and a half after eating.

Fatty foods are also a provocateur of many digestive tract dysfunctions, and therefore belching. A large amount of fat in the diet - lard, butter, fatty meat and sausage, cheese - is a factor that provokes belching and heaviness in the stomach. Products of this group can be eaten little by little, and in no case should they be abused.

If there is heaviness in the stomach, accompanied by belching, the following foods should be excluded from the patient’s menu:

• coffee,
• chocolate,
• carbonated drinks,
• beer,
• exotic fruits,
• whole milk,
• peas, beans and other legumes,
• cabbage.

Gastroenterologists recommend following a special diet once a week. It is necessary to take six to ten tablets of activated carbon once a day. And during this day, eat porridge with water. Between meals, it is necessary to drink a lot of clean still water, but not earlier than two hours after finishing the meal. Before eating, water should be drunk no later than half an hour before the start of the meal. With regular use of this diet, the activity of the gastrointestinal tract is normalized, and the symptoms of belching with simultaneous heaviness in the stomach disappear.

If, despite following the above recommendations, the patient continues to suffer from heaviness in the stomach with belching, most likely the problem is not in the stomach, but in other diseases. For example, dysbacteriosis, dysfunction of the pancreas, dolichosigma (the presence of an elongated terminal section of the large intestine) can cause unpleasant symptoms of heaviness in the stomach, accompanied by belching.

In this case, you need to see a gastroenterologist for examination and undergo an appropriate course of treatment.

Dysbacteriosis can be easily detected in the laboratory by taking a stool sample for examination. One of the helpers in dysbacteriosis is diet, as well as the presence of fermented milk products in the diet - kefir, ryazhenka, yogurt and whey.

Treatment for acid reflux

Belching with a sour taste is a pathological symptom that may indicate some diseases of the digestive system. This type of belching manifests itself as the appearance of a sour aftertaste after eating, which appears simultaneously with the release of air through the mouth. Sour belching can be accompanied by heartburn - a burning sensation in the stomach and esophagus - or it can occur on its own.

To determine the probable diagnosis, as well as the correct methods of therapy, it is necessary to observe at what time sour belching appears. If the symptoms that bother a person appear immediately after eating, this indicates a dysfunction of the valve located between the esophagus and the stomach. This valve does not close completely, and therefore food can penetrate out, causing a sour taste in the mouth and, sometimes, heartburn symptoms.

The occurrence of sour belching thirty to forty minutes after finishing a meal means that a person suffers from enzymatic deficiency. This is manifested in the inability of gastric enzymes to digest the entire volume of food. Therefore, fermentation processes begin in the stomach, which form gases with their subsequent release through the mouth. The popular name for this disease is indigestion, and it must be treated only after consultation with a gastroenterologist.

Another reason for the occurrence of sour belching may be pancreatitis. With this disease, insufficient production of enzymes necessary for the digestion process is a common occurrence. And to understand whether sour belching is caused by this disease, you need to undergo a study recommended by a specialist. With pancreatitis, along with gases from the stomach, food particles are thrown into the esophagus, as well as a certain amount of gastric juice, which has a sour taste.

Treatment for acid belching can be prescribed by a gastroenterologist. Since independent attempts to alleviate one's own condition with medications can end with a deterioration in the patient's well-being. But there are several recommendations that can be useful even before the examination.

First of all, it is necessary to establish a proper diet. Breakfast, lunch and dinner should be at a certain time. When the body gets used to such a regime, it is at the time of eating that the production of necessary enzymes will be activated. If you leave everything as is, the lack of a system of nutrition will continue to provoke stagnation of food in the stomach, as well as the formation of gases and the occurrence of sour belching.

In addition, it is worth accustoming yourself to eating small portions, but often - at least four to five times a day. Many foods should be excluded from the patient's diet: spicy, pickled, overly salty, smoked food. And instead, porridge, jelly and other food with a delicate and enveloping consistency should appear on the menu.

In the morning on an empty stomach and before lunch, half an hour before eating, it is recommended to drink a glass of clean water. After lunch, do not immediately lie down to rest: being in a horizontal position can cause deterioration of digestion, as a result of which belching will appear.

In case of frequent and unpleasant symptoms of sour belching, you can use the drugs "Mezim", "Festal" or antacid drugs, which reduce the acidity of the environment in the stomach. Among the folk methods of treating sour belching, the most effective is drinking freshly squeezed juice. Such a drink is taken fifteen to twenty minutes before a meal in the amount of half a glass.

Treatment for Frequent Belching

Frequent belching occurs in the case of certain diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Various forms of gastritis, especially chronic ones, signs of gastroesophageal reflux disease, ulcerative lesions of the stomach - these gastric diseases are among the first in the list of factors causing constant belching.

But not only the stomach can provoke the appearance of unpleasant symptoms. Dysfunctions of the liver and gall bladder, as well as the cecum, cause belching no less often than problems with the stomach.

Treatment of frequent belching can be done using folk methods, indicated in the relevant section, as well as a special decoction, which we will mention here.

A recipe for an infusion that helps cure frequent belching. Take twenty grams of dried elecampane root and pour one liter of boiling water over it. Leave the drink to steep until it cools to room temperature (but not less than half an hour). After that, the remedy can be drunk, preferably thirty minutes before meals. In some cases of particularly strong and frequent belching, the infusion is consumed after meals like regular tea (but only without sugar).

Treatment of belching with folk remedies

Traditional medicine offers many ways to heal various ailments and problems with the digestive system. It will also help to cope with belching.

• Remedy No. 1 – goat milk

It is necessary to find a constant source of fresh and high-quality goat milk. And drink a glass of the drink three times a day after meals every day. Such efforts should be made for two or three months until the digestive system is regulated and belching is eliminated.

• Remedy #2 – Back Exercise

In this case, the "exercise" does not cure belching, but only helps to cope with its symptoms and alleviates the person's condition. But this already means a lot, so it is worth using the proposed method.

You need to lie on your back and raise your straight legs at an angle of forty-five degrees. You need to hold this position for two to three minutes, and then smoothly lower your legs to the floor. It is recommended to do more than one approach. Due to physical activity, the symptoms of belching will become more active and then stop.

• Remedy No. 3 – Flaxseed

This remedy has a truly one hundred percent result in the treatment of belching. Moreover, it is easy to prepare a healing potion. The main thing is to use it regularly, then the result will be noticeable and lasting.

Flax seeds are taken as a prepared liquid three times a day half an hour before meals. It is necessary to brew one tablespoon of flax seeds in a glass of boiling water. The infusion should stand for half an hour, and then a quarter of a glass of mucus should be drunk. The remaining portion of the potion is left until the next doses. Such a course of treatment should last at least two to three weeks.

Treating belching with folk remedies is not a panacea. In any case, a person suffering from this problem needs to see a doctor - a gastroenterologist, undergo an examination and identify the causes of the dysfunction of the digestive system.

Medicines for the treatment of belching

The pharmaceutical industry offers a large number of products that will help get rid of the symptoms of belching, as well as prevent its occurrence.

Medicines for the treatment of belching should be used only in accordance with the instructions and after consultation with a specialist. Self-medication can lead to the patient's condition worsening, and new painful symptoms and diseases will appear in his anamnesis. To prevent this, it is necessary to undergo an examination and identify the underlying causes that provoke belching. And only after the conclusion of a gastroenterologist, start using the prescribed medicines in the appropriate dosage.

Here is a list of medications recommended for use in cases of belching symptoms:

• Motilak
• Omez
• Raniditin (tablets)
• Motonium
• Rennie
• Motilium
• Almagel
• De-nol
• Gastal
• Passengers
• Immodium
• Festal

Treatment of belching is a necessary measure, since restoration of the proper functioning of the gastrointestinal tract helps to maintain health and well-being for many years.

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