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The belly that grows all day, gas you’re hiding, constipation, and what’s really behind it.
Bloating & DigestionExplainer
Passing gas up to 25 times a day is considered normal, and belching up to 30. Before buying gas pills, it helps to know where gas comes from, which everyday products add to it and when symptoms need a doctor.
Bloating & DigestionChecklist
Confirm the active medicine, brand and any device training with your treatment team.
Bloating & DigestionGuide
When bloating, belly pain and constipation keep coming back despite fiber and laxatives, there are prescription options. A 2022 gastroenterology guideline gave its strongest recommendation to linaclotide and conditional support to several others, while advising against SSRIs for IBS-C. A separate guideline supports a short low-FODMAP trial and gut-directed psychotherapy.
Bloating & DigestionEvidence check
The first evidence-based dietary guideline for chronic constipation reviewed 75 trials. Psyllium, kiwifruit, prunes and magnesium oxide made the list. Senna supplements and kiwi extract capsules didn't do as well.
Bloating & DigestionGuide
Gas and bloating after milk can start or worsen as you get older, because the body makes less lactase over time. Federal health guidance says many people can still handle about a cup of milk, and lactase tablets or drops help some. Here is how to keep calcium in your diet after 50.
Bloating & DigestionGuide
Fiber, powders, stimulant tablets, magnesium and stool softeners all promise relief. A 2023 guideline from two major gastroenterology societies rated the evidence for each. Polyethylene glycol got a strong recommendation, and docusate, the classic stool softener, got none because the data were too thin.
Bloating & DigestionWhat to expect
Diverticulitis used to mean automatic antibiotics and, after a couple of flares, surgery. A gastroenterology expert review now says antibiotics can be used selectively for mild, uncomplicated cases in people with healthy immune systems, colonoscopy depends on your history, and surgery shouldn't be decided by counting flares.
Bloating & DigestionEvidence check
Milk thistle is the best-known liver supplement, often sold in 'detox' blends. Federal researchers say trials for liver disease have been conflicting or too limited, two federally funded studies found no benefit, and some products didn't match their labels.
Ask how your swallowing assessment and individual feeding plan fit together.
Bloating & DigestionChecklist
Some common pills, including weekly bone-strengthening tablets, certain antibiotics, potassium, iron, vitamin C and anti-inflammatory pain relievers, can injure the esophagus if they linger on the way down. A review found this happens mainly in middle-aged women, and a full glass of water and staying upright make a big difference.
Bloating & DigestionExplainer
Use your appointment letter to clarify the capsule, scans and result discussion.
Bloating & DigestionComparison
Two pouch problems to describe to your stoma nurse without improvising a fix.
