I fart over 100 times a day

If a person farts in public and that fart is smelly and loud, it is a very embarrassing thing. Farts from the human body are mainly produced by gastrointestinal motility, so when a person's gastrointestinal function is not good, the farts they emit are generally smelly and loud. But most people can only fart a few times, but some people fart more than 100 times a day. What disease causes this?

Let’s first look at the source of farts, which come from the air and gases produced by fermentation.

The air that enters the gastrointestinal tract through the mouth when eating, drinking, and breathing.

Gas is produced when food enters the intestines and is fermented by intestinal flora.

Why farts stink: The 1% mysterious substance

Nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, methane and oxygen account for 99% of the composition of farts, and they are all odorless.

The real stinky smell comes from the remaining 1%: ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, indole, skatole, volatile amines, volatile fatty acids, etc.

Therefore, the reason for the smell of farts is that some factors cause the above 1% increase in gas concentration, including the following factors:

1. Excessive protein intake

The protein that humans ingest is mainly digested into amino acids in the small intestine and absorbed by the body. If you consume too much protein or lack protease, the protein will not be fully digested and will ferment and rot when it enters the large intestine, increasing the levels of hydrogen sulfide, indole and skatole in the fart, making the fart smelly.

High-protein foods generally include meat, eggs, etc., which used to be considered high-end ingredients. As the saying goes, "the more delicious the food, the stinkier the farts." Therefore, in an era of material scarcity, those with smelly farts generally belonged to wealthy families. Of course, in today's world where people focus on healthy eating, this rule has been broken.

2. Eating spicy foods such as onions and garlic

After eating this kind of food, it will turn into an indigestible odorous substance called allyl methyl sulfide after digestion. It will be absorbed by the blood and dissipated throughout the body, and of course it will also be present in the farts.

3. Constipation

Constipation will cause food residues to be stored in the intestines for a longer time, fermenting and decomposing more completely, increasing the concentration of smelly gases.

4. Gastrointestinal diseases

Gastrointestinal bleeding, bacillary dysentery, amoebic dysentery, ulcerative colitis, hemorrhagic enteritis, and intestinal malignant tumors can cause blood or eroded tissue to appear in the intestines, which will produce a foul odor after fermentation.

Therefore, if you suddenly have continuous foul-smelling farts and have ruled out the first three factors, you should seek medical attention immediately.

Why farts are noisy: Gas and anus are two factors

The sound of a fart occurs when gas spurts out of the anus, and its loudness depends on the condition of the gas and the anus.

1. Eating too much starch and sugar

Starch and sugar ferment in the intestines and produce a large amount of carbon dioxide, which increases the gas and pressure in the intestines. When farts are released, they are stronger and louder.

2. The intestines are smoother

If the gas is released smoothly in the intestine without any obstruction, the sound will be louder.

3. Small anus

If the outlet is smaller, the sound of gas being discharged will be louder.

Loud farts don't smell, and stinky farts don't make noises. Does that make sense?

——This proverb has a scientific basis.

First of all, loud farts have a high concentration of carbon dioxide, and carbon dioxide is odorless, so loud farts do not smell bad.

Secondly, if there are a lot of undigested residues in the intestines, the amount of gas discharged will not be large and the speed will be slow, so the fart will not be loud.

Why do some people fart a lot?

There are three main reasons for "farting":

First, eat some gas-producing foods, such as sweet potatoes, onions and soy products;

The second is caused by overeating or eating too fast.

Third, it is possible that the patient has a gastrointestinal disease. Such patients often have symptoms such as abdominal pain, abdominal distension, diarrhea, bloody stools, and weight loss.

If your farts are loud and frequent, it may be related to indigestion or eating too much meat; if your farts are loud and thunderous but not too smelly, it is mostly due to overeating of foods containing too much starch.

How to improve annoying "fart things"

First, do not eat too fast, chew slowly to avoid swallowing too much air;

Second, you should not eat too much food that easily produces gas, such as cabbage, celery, leek, soybeans, peas, etc.

Third, try to eat less or no raw, cold, greasy or difficult to digest food.

Fourth, sleep on your side more often. If you still have flatulence after doing this, you should consider gastrointestinal problems, such as enteritis, cold stomach (poor blood circulation and low temperature in the stomach), indigestion, etc., and you should go to the hospital for treatment in time.

Fifth, eat small meals frequently and don’t overeat;

Sixth, develop good bowel habits to avoid constipation;

Seventh, strengthen physical exercise and improve gastrointestinal function.

Finally, if the excessive flatulence persists after adjusting these habits, it is recommended that you go to the hospital for a bowel examination to rule out organic disease.

Can you hold your fart back?

In particularly serious and critical situations, it is indeed inappropriate to fart, but you can occasionally try to hold your fart back.

But you should only hold in your farts occasionally; it’s not okay to do it all the time. The ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and indole in farts, which are less than 1% of the smelly gases, are harmful to the human body. Holding in farts will allow these substances to enter the blood and be excreted through the respiratory tract and skin. There is no harm in holding it once or twice occasionally, but holding it for a long time may be harmful to your health.

The accumulation of bad odors in the body can cause abdominal pain, reduce the digestion and absorption functions, and even affect the excretion of stool; when people are constipated, more harmful substances will accumulate in the large intestine, producing more waste gas, thus forming a vicious circle.

If these waste gases cannot be discharged from the body for a long time, the organs in the body will be seriously affected, especially the burden on detoxification organs such as the liver will be increased. If this continues for a long time, the detoxification function of the liver will be weakened.

If you hold in your farts frequently, it will lead to chronic poisoning, causing symptoms such as lack of energy, indigestion, dizziness, and sallow complexion. Therefore, when you fart, you must not hold it in.