How to Stop Bloating Fast/Learn the 5 Causes

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Bloating occurs when your gastrointestinal tract is filled with gas or air. Bloating is usually described as feeling tight, swollen, or full abdomen. Your abdomen may be challenging, distended, and painful. Most cases of bloating are accompanied by:

· Gurgles or rumbling in the abdomen

· Flatulence

· Pain

· Frequent belching or burping

Abdominal bloating can affect your ability to participate and work in recreational or social settings. Bloating may occur in both children and adults.

What causes bloating?

Air and gas

Gas is the commonest cause of bloating, mainly after eating. Gas accumulates in the gastrointestinal tract when you swallow air or when undigested food is broken down. We all consume air when we drink or eat. It is unavoidable. However, some people tend to consume more air than others. This happens if they are:

· Chewing gum

· Drinking or eating too fast

· Wearing loose dentures, and

· Smoking

Swallowed air leaves the body in two ways: flatulence and burping. Bloating may also be caused by slow gas transport (delay in stomach…