From a medical point of view, moderate farting is a normal physiological phenomenon of the human body, but if the frequency of farting suddenly increases, does it mean that there is something wrong with our body? Let’s take a look at the principle of human farting and what hints it can give us as a body signal.
What is the fart that we get along with every day on weekdays?
The gas in the human intestine is mainly composed of two parts, one is the air that enters the intestine along with the food when people swallow food, and the other is the feces fermented by a variety of bacteria in the human intestine various gases are produced. About 99% of the gas in a fart is tasteless, mainly nitrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen, etc., but 1% of the gas is a gas with a pungent odor, such as ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, etc., and the odor of the fart is mainly From this 1% irritating gas.
Under normal circumstances, the human body will exhaust (fart) 5-15 times a day. As long as this number of times is not exceeded, there is basically no need to worry about any problems with the body.
So what’s the reason for so much farting?
In medicine, it is generally believed that the amount or frequency of human body gas (farting) is related to the following three factors:
1, the difference in gut flora
Each person’s intestinal flora varies according to individual physique. Some flora such as bifidobacteria, lactobacilli, and Escherichia coli are common exhaust bacteria. These flora It will ferment with the feces in the human intestine, producing a lot of gas. If you have been farting a lot, you don’t have to worry too much, but if your fart suddenly increases, you need to consider whether it is a intestinal flora disorder.
2, different diets
Some of the foods we eat are not decomposed by salivary amylase, pepsin, etc. Some of these foods are not decomposed in time, such as some carbohydrate residues, and some are not easily decomposed, such as Dietary fiber becomes food for the intestinal flora. After the decomposition of intestinal exhaust flora, a large amount of gas will be produced, which will be excreted as farts.
The common foods in life that easily lead to increased exhaust include starch-rich foods (such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, taro, etc.), high-protein foods (such as tofu in soy products, yuba, etc.) ), high-fat foods. It can be seen that if the food that is likely to lead to increased exhaust gas is mostly in the recent diet, it may also lead to a sudden increase in exhaust gas volume, and the type of diet can be adjusted appropriately to reduce exhaust gas.
3, different living habits
As mentioned above, part of the gas in the human intestine is the air that enters the intestine along with the food when people swallow food. It can also lead to swallowing a lot of air while eating, some of which is excreted by burping, and the rest is excreted in the form of fart.
Therefore, changes in lifestyle habits can also lead to sudden increases in farting.
From the above, we can find that if there is a sudden increase in farting, it is not necessarily a major problem with the body. It can be changed with a little conditioning, but there are also some situations that require our special attention: in When the frequency of farting increases, if the fart smells particularly unpleasant, you need to be vigilant. It may be that the body has ingested too much meat or there is bleeding in the digestive tract, which causes blood to stay in the intestinal cavity and cause unpleasant odors. Because there is inflammation or tumor in the intestine, because the eroded tissue of the tumor produces unpleasant gas under the action of bacteria, it is necessary to pay attention to frequent farting and if the smell is unpleasant, you should seek medical treatment in time. (Text/Edited by Zheng Wenwen/Xu Xiao)