1 What are the symptoms of the disease

Bloating, like any other disease, has its symptoms, recognizing which can, if not prevent, then greatly alleviate the unpleasant consequences. The main symptoms of the started swelling are:

• enlarged abdomen, the so-called severe swelling;
• rumbling, distributed in the intestine and stomach when taking a horizontal position;
• strained diaphragm;
• burp, appearing during and after eating;
• flatulence;
• constipation.

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2 Causes of blistering

Among the main causes of bloating in adults is worth noting as quite innocuous, like elementary food poisoning, and very serious. These include:

1. Chronic pancreatitis. For the disease is characterized by disruption of the pancreas and the loss of its ability to produce enzymes necessary for the proper operation of the intestine, resulting in each time after a regular meal begins flatulence.
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2. Problems with the intestines. Rarely, but still a common disease is irritable bowel syndrome, which begins to work incorrectly, loses its motor function and leads to a person's feeling of bloating, discomfort, and even small but constant pain.
3. Dysbacteriosis. A weakened immune system can not fight the attacks of bacterial viruses, as a result of which there may be a violation of the intestinal microflora, provoked by harmful microorganisms, decomposing inside the intestine and releasing methane, hydrogen sulphide and ammonia, causing bloating.
4. Negative reaction to lactose. Not every intestine absorbs lactic lactose, many patients are treated for bloating, this problem is detected, due to the lack of enzymes in the body necessary for the assimilation of lactose.
5. Absence of intestinal permeability. The presence of parasites in the intestine or a well concealed tumor can cause obstruction of the gases accumulating inside and causing many unpleasant symptoms, from bloating and ending with diarrhea.

Observing any signs of bloating, do not panic, it is likely that the stomach was filled with gases for any of the following reasons. This can happen because of:

1. Drinking soda in excess quantities. If the bloating has occurred for this reason, it is not worth worrying, it will pass by itself, since in a healthy body the removal of gases is a normal physiological process.
2. Too fast food. The rate of food intake directly affects the formation of gases in the intestine and possible flatulence, which, accordingly, causes unpleasant sensations. Together with poorly chewed chunks of food, people swallow a large amount of air, which becomes the cause of swollen abdomen.
3. Fermentation in the intestines caused by certain foods. Potatoes, buns, black bread and legumes contain a large amount of easily digested fiber, as well as carbohydrates and starch, which contributes to their rapid fermentation. It is fermentation that causes bloating.
4. Food variety. Eating the same food every day is harmful, but it is also impossible to mix completely incompatible foodstuffs. So, fruits and berries are best eaten a few hours before a dense dinner or dinner, otherwise diarrhea accompanied by bloating may develop.

Swollen abdomen in adults is seen not often, sometimes a person can go in this state for several hours, complaining about incomprehensible symptoms.

3 Which products should be confined to

A heavily swollen abdomen in an adult or child is a clear sign that a person needs to seek help from a hospital. Exceptions are cases when the cause of the swelling is reliably known and does not pose any danger to life and health.

If the cause of bloating is the usual overeating or poisoning, it is advisable to give the intestines and stomach a rest, trying the next day to eat exclusively boiled rice and herbal tea. To prevent bloating the second time, it is necessary to exclude rough food from your diet, giving preference to chicken, turkey and young veal. It is necessary to abandon the use of pasta, buckwheat, barley porridge and prefer rice to them. When bloating, it is best not to drink milk, if necessary, replace it with kefir or yogurt. Peppermint, St. John's wort and chamomile, brewed instead of regular tea, will allow for some time to avoid the repeated development of flatulence.

Conventional seasonings should be replaced with those that reduce gas generation. In this capacity, it is best to eat ginger, cumin, cardamom, parsley, dill and fennel. A good and very effective tool that helps with bloating is the lemon peel and lemon juice.

To understand, for what reason the stomach is swollen, it is not at all difficult, it is necessary to begin to listen to your own organism, carefully monitoring all signals coming after the next eating.

4 Than and how to treat gas formation at home

Not knowing what to do when bloating, which is not caused by intestinal pathology, pregnancy, or infection, one should turn to the very effective means available in every home.

You can get rid of flatulence by making a gruel from crushed ginger and lemon juice with a little salt. All products must be natural, the substitutes for lemon juice and ginger will not be able to provide the expected result. Taking such a mixture daily before meals for a week, you can free the intestines from accumulated gases, improve the performance of the stomach and significantly increase appetite.

A very effective and the most affordable means, which relieves gases in the intestines quickly and effectively, is activated charcoal. After drinking just a few tablets, you can feel relief almost immediately. To drink coal follows from calculation of 1 tablet on 10 kg of weight, that is to people with magnificent forms, whose weight reaches 100 kg, it is necessary to use not less than 10 tablets.

The tablet should be swallowed whole, not chewing, it is permissible to dilute a few tablets in a glass of water and drink all of it. But what if we are talking about a child? Before giving the pill to the baby, it is necessary to stock up some sugar, or jam, the medicine is bitter, instantly dissolves in the mouth, and bitterness does not go away even after 1-2 glasses of water. Another feature of activated charcoal is its ability to cause constipation. This fact is, of course, unpleasant, but constipation, in most cases, does not last long, after which the work of the intestine and stomach comes back to normal.

For patients with gastritis and gastric ulcer, activated charcoal is contraindicated, therefore, if symptoms of bloating occur, they need to postpone home treatment for later and immediately consult a doctor.

The second most popular after activated charcoal by means of bloating is the dill water. It is so safe that it is allowed to give even babies, for whom flatulence is considered commonplace. To produce dill water, 1 tablespoon of dried dill and 0.3 ml of hot boiling water is needed. After giving water for about 2-3 hours, you can start using it. Dill should be infused in glassware or thermos.

Before use, tincture should be filtered and drunk for 3-5 days for ½ cup before meals.

Approximately also from bloating helps a decoction of a drug chamomile, for the preparation of which you need 1 tablespoon of chamomile flowers and 1 cup of boiling water. Bay chamomile with water, you need to let it puff for 2-3 minutes, then remove from heat and allow to stand for 3-4 hours, then drink 2 tablespoons 4 times daily before meals.

Without the ability to treat bloating with a dill tincture or chamomile broth, you can just eat a few leaves of dill before meals, supplementing them with greens fennel and bay leaf.

In gastritis, accompanied by a strong bloating, it is allowed to add a few teaspoons of honey to the usual green fennel in the same proportion. A mixture of honey and dill should be consumed before the next meal in the amount of 1 tablespoon for 1 time.

Almost all who once faced with a strong swelling of the abdomen, try to protect their intestines from further stresses and therefore refuse to use all dairy products, most often causing bloating. Such actions are wrong, since one of the best products that can restore normal functioning of the stomach is kefir. Nutritionists recommend using kefir constantly, as it helps to unload the stomach and prevents the accumulation of excess gases in the intestine.

5 What medications can help

When bloating, you need to see a doctor who, after carrying out a number of necessary studies, will prescribe a treatment that allows you to permanently get rid of the slightest symptoms of ailment.

At the examination it is necessary to pass some analyzes, the results of which will help to exclude the presence of pathologies and infections in the body and begin exactly the treatment of abdominal distention, which is necessary in this case.

In doing so, the patient is required to:

• hand over the feces for analysis;
• undergo bile test;
• conduct an ultrasound examination of internal organs;
• to carry out a study of gastric juice.

Depending on the results obtained, the following drugs may be prescribed by the physician:

• Absorbents: Activated carbon, Smecta, Polysorb;
• containing enzymes: Panzinorm, Mezim, Pancreatin;
• normalizing amount of bile: Allochol, Karsil, Medical bile.

It is worth remembering that there can be a lot of reasons for bloating, therefore it's not recommended to draw conclusions on your own, because, not knowing what to take with bloating, you can seriously hurt yourself.