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Constant gas flatulence

by mob100, Aug 21, 2008 09:54PM
hi, i just wanted to know about a problem when a person has gas all the time!! no gap, its in small quanitiy but adds up and is making my life horrible, i would like to know how that problem can be cured? i have had tests by doctors and they have told me that everything is fine, and that i need to change my diet, but even with the diet change the disease is ruinind my life.  


This discussion is related to Constant Gas/Flatulence for Months PLEASE help me.
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by boron, Aug 22, 2008 04:18AM
What exact diets have you tried?

Lactose free diet and low-fructose diet can be tried first, both for few days only and yif you're lactose or fructose intolerant, symptoms should almost dissapear in this time.
For low-fructose diet check my journals.

If the problem is a smelly gas, you should exclude foods with sulphur.
Check second post in this thread:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/604791

by mob100, Aug 22, 2008 04:45PM
well i have tried a diet only consisting of chicken and rice, and nothing else, that lowered the smell but it was still constant in small amounts, and yes dairy and spicy products make it worse so i avoid them, i have tried super-digestive enzymes, antacids, detox cleansing product, aloe vera, fennel tea, charcol pills, but they all dont work, i am thinking of taking all the medications at once to see the results, its wierd becasue the gas is always there, every second, sometimes in low quantity sometime high (after i eat) i thought maybe it was due to an anus leak but a specialist confirmed that the anus was full colsed and strong and that the problem is in the GI tract,

by boron, Aug 23, 2008 02:36AM
To avoid smell, you should exclude sulphur containing foods.

To avoid gas itself try with lactose-free or low fructose diet or both. They are sugars from which a lot gas may be produced. Gas, as you know, also comes from fibers, mostly from legumes (beans) and from cauliflower, also from beer...

By my knowledge there are no enzymes which would help in sulphur gas. Beano and some other products contain enzymes which help to digest carbohydrate fibers (like cellulose), but not sulphur containing proteins.

by Insearch192, Oct 21, 2008 10:45PM
To: Hi everybody,


I have had this problem on and off for many years now . My story is not so much different.I have been to doctors , then take anti dipression pills. Changed diets etc..

Rice works for me better than other diets, non-ripe banana's are very good for me I eat 5-6 banana's a day two for breakfast and  1-2 after each meal.They have enzymes in them that I think are a bit useful and they have many good minerals and good fibre.  I swim for exercise so banana's are not making me fat .

For the smell of flatulance I think it would be best for all of us to search for a cosmetic cure than a biological cure. From my experience with this problem and consultations with doctors, I feel nothing is physically wrong with my digestion or bowels so there is not much scope for a medical cure to this problem.

I am trying to make a small device a person can wear under his rectum very concealed and small  and  channel air to make air pass through a bottle of nice smelling scent or may be a sponge which is soaked in a nice citrus fruit scent, so the gas coming out is loaded with the nice scent of lime or some other fruit that the person next to you likes . This way the problem is solved.

You eat what you want and when you want, just make sure your gas smells how the nose likes it. This is my idea, I would want to know what you guys think.


Bad news is
( human nose can smell  Hydrogen sulphide too well 0.5molecule in a billion molecules of air , the best man made sensors can only detect 10 molecules  in a billion molecules of air)

So , cheating the nose takes some work and a good scent.
I would like to hear your opinions guys, may be we can all work on this idea and get a fix that works for all of us.

Take care

by mob100, Oct 22, 2008 07:28AM
thats an interesting idea, but such similar scheme's have been tried before, i bought charco pads etc.. that were suppose to absorbe the bad smell, but nevertheless u should try to see if it works, yeah and i have also started to eat alot of banana's because i stopped eating everythign else, i want to go on a fruit diet for a change and see the result.

So if u have the expertiese and the knowledge to make such a device then go for it, if it works i will buy one.

by Insearch192, Oct 22, 2008 03:41PM
To: Hi Mob100
Thanks, once the device is in production you will be the first to get the delivery : )   Lol !!  .
I don’t think I have the required expertise but I am trying the best I can between my work and the time I get during  weekends.  After all  it  was an undertaker ( Almon Strowger ) who invented the  automatic telephone exchange. All we need to find is a flatulence fix : ) lol !!  Not easy but not so difficult either .

It would be greatly helpful for me and others here  if  you guys  start coming up with your own ideas and experiments. It might take time to get a fix, but we should be able to sooner or later. I have long given up the thought  that some one else will find a cure for this problem. I feel a medical cure is out of the question for at least a few years at best.

I have gone through a lot of missed oppurtunities in work life and love life because of this problem and would do anything to get my life back to normal.


I  keep a journal of what I eat each day and what foods and quantities of water and the flatulance experienced on that day .I am hoping this will help me find a routine and diet
that might be best at keeping the symptoms at a minimum.

As a temporary remedy, its a bit odd but helps me keep my focus on work and neglect the flatulance problem when at work. I got this info on the web some time back about coffee smell being good at masking other odours.  

Coffe powder ( always use fresh powder each day)
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How to prepare it :

Take an old thin  formal shoe  socks and put it over a glass, it lets you fill coffee powder into it wihtout spilling a lot, fill about 5-10 big spoon's of coffee powder and keep it in your pocket. Some times I keep it in my undergarment on the front side, sort of hang it to the underwear front end on the inside. Plus I use deodorant spray generously on my body , two varieties at a time, this produces a combo effect that helps cheat others noses and keep those sniffer's from catching me for quite some time.

Coffee has a strong odour which overwhelms the nose's smell detecting area.They call it Olfactory bulb. (http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/nosek.html). Since coffee particles overload the smell detectors smell of fart will get dulled that depends on the intensity of the flatulence smell .

Give it a try, use deodorant along with coffee so you dont smell too much like coffee .

Take care




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