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does my diabetes make me gassy?

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  take