a fart is nothing more than a combination of digestive gasses and air swallowed while eating, that finds its way back out of the human body through the anus. Simple enough, except for the fact that the process is often anything but silent and is frequently accompanied by a smell, officially called feculent, that no normal person enjoys.
Excessive flatulence can be caused by swallowing more air than usual or eating food that's difficult to digest. It can also be related to an underlying health problem affecting the digestive system, such as recurring indigestion or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
If you have diabetes, you may have noticed that your digestion isn’t quite what it used to be. The connection isn’t obvious, but diabetes can damage the nervous system in ways that show up in the form of stomach or bowel problems. It’s sometimes referred to as diabetic gastroparesis.
In gastroparesis, also called delayed gastric emptying, the stomach takes too long to empty its contents. Here's how it works. ... Diabetes is the most common knowncause of gastroparesis. Type 1 and type 2 diabetes can damage the vagus nerve if blood glucose levels stay high for too long
While there’s no cure for gastroparesis, treatment can help manage the condition
Abnormal farting is commonly treated by a change in diet—either increased fiber or a reduction (or elimination) of the “gassy” foods. Other anti-fart approaches include antibiotics or probiotics, the digestive enzyme Beano, and antacids. On the technology front, I kid you not, it’s possible to buy underwear and pants with built-in activated-charcoal filters to mask the fart odor in the fart-prone. Check out the hard body hotties for both guys and gals (allegedly suffering from flatulence.
The diabetes meds Glyset and Precose tend to be serious fart generators, so much so that they really aren’t used much in clinical practice. And the universal type 2 diabetes starter drug metformin can be a real gas, at least during the start-up phase. In most cases, farting is only an issue with metformin for a short time, but some people have chronic issues with it and need to find other treatments. Often, the extended release version of this pill will work for folks who can’t tolerate the “regular” formulation. Met farts are best avoided by slowly increasing the med dosing from 500 mg to the full dose over the period of one month, to let the body get adjusted to it.
You can take a few steps to minimize this gassy problem to avoid embarrassment:
- Take a lot of fiber in your diet.
- Drink plenty of water.
- Minimize your intake of dairy products containing lactose. Such products worsen the problem.
- Charcoal capsules can help you minimize gas but avoid using them for long. Consult your doctor before using them.
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