Women's health fart issues

It is a completely normal physiological phenomenon for healthy women to fart 10-20 times a day. The smell and frequency of farts are mostly related to diet, work and rest. Only when accompanied by pain, bleeding, abnormal defecation and other symptoms, you need to be alert to the risk of disease. Do not be kidnapped by the stereotype that "women fart is not elegant" and hold it in. The harm to health of holding in farts is far greater than the dispensable "face".

I met a 24-year-old girl while I was rotating in the gastroenterology department a while ago. She had just been dating a boyfriend for half a year. She went on a trip for the first time for a week. She ate beef rice with onions and iced Coke. She was already lactose intolerant, and she was afraid of being embarrassed by farting in front of her boyfriend. When I took the X-ray, I saw that the intestines were full of gas, so I was prescribed some medicine to promote gastrointestinal motility. I farted all night and sent me a message the next day saying that I was alive.

I have done a small-scale survey with my colleagues in the gynecology department before. Among the 100 girls surveyed between the ages of 18 and 35, 87 have had the experience of holding in their farts in public, and nearly 30% of them hold it in at least three times a week. Many people even think that they are "dirty" and "unladylike" if they fart too much, and some people doubt whether they have a terminal illness. It is really unnecessary. In fact, farts are essentially metabolic gases produced when intestinal peristalsis digests food. 90% are odorless carbon dioxide and nitrogen, and less than 10% are odorous substances such as indole and hydrogen sulfide. Most of the time, when you fart quietly, people around you cannot smell it at all. It is purely to scare yourself.

Of course, if you fart more than 30 times a day, or if you are so smelly that you hate sitting next to you, or even if you don’t fart for several days and are accompanied by abdominal distension and cramping, then it is indeed a signal from your body. Regarding the triggers of abnormal farting, the logic of judgment in different fields is quite different: Most Western medicine doctors first check for dietary factors, such as whether they have recently eaten too many soy products, broccoli, asparagus and other easily fermentable high FODMAP foods, or whether they are lactose intolerant and drink ice milk, or even recently taken antibiotics that disrupted the intestinal flora. Most people adjust their diet and supplement active probiotics, and they can return to normal in about a week. ； If it is accompanied by changes in bowel habits, blood in the stool, and sudden weight loss, a colonoscopy is needed to check for enteritis and intestinal polyps.

The thinking of traditional Chinese medicine is also very informative. Many girls have excessive farts before and after menstruation. Most of them are caused by cold spleen and stomach and qi stagnation. This is especially true for girls who like to drink iced milk tea and wear navel-baring clothes. In this case, if you check the intestinal indicators, they are basically normal. Drink some water boiled with tangerine peel and fried malt, apply a hot water bag on your stomach for 10 minutes, or massage the Zhongwan and Zusanli for two minutes. The feeling of flatulence will disappear quickly.

Many people ask whether excessive farts is a gynecological problem? Most of the time it is not true, but if the excessive farts are accompanied by pain in the lower abdomen, yellow and smelly leucorrhea, and non-menstrual bleeding, then you should be alert to whether pelvic inflammatory disease or adnexitis has stimulated the adjacent intestines, causing intestinal peristalsis to become faster and more farts. Don't be stubborn, go to the gynecologist for an ultrasound and it will be clear.

Don’t think that if you hold your fart back, it will disappear. The unexpelled gas has no place to go and will be reabsorbed into the blood by the intestinal wall and metabolized by the liver. Over time, it will not only cause abdominal distension and constipation, but also many people will have a dull complexion due to the accumulation of toxins. It is really not worth the gain.

As for the solution, it all depends on your own preference: If you believe in Western medicine, just remember the list of high FODMAP foods. When you are prone to bloating, eat less onions, garlic, and dairy products with high lactose content. Take a 20-minute walk every day to promote intestinal peristalsis. You can also take some probiotics to regulate the flora.； If you prefer gentle conditioning, avoid using ice. Especially during menstruation, don’t wear navel-baring clothes. Apply a hot water bottle when your belly is bloated. The effect is more effective than taking any health supplements.

Don’t panic if you encounter an unavoidable occasion such as a meeting or a date. Just move quietly to a ventilated place. If it doesn’t work, don’t hold on. Just relax a little and take your time. If you are afraid of the strong smell, carry a small bottle of deodorizing spray with you. Not many people will pay special attention to this little thing.

In fact, to put it bluntly, farting is a normal physiological reaction that everyone has. It has nothing to do with gender, elegance or elegance. Rather than holding on to unnecessary face, the most important thing is to feel comfortable, right?