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Food and Flatulence
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Food and Flatulence

Causes of Flatulence Flatulence is mainly linked to the composition of the diet and only rarely arises due to a serious illness. The increased production of intestinal gases is often caused by excessive ingestion of certain foods or deficiency of some digestive enzymes. Notwithstanding that the intestinal gas also derives from the swallowed air, there are foods, such as those rich in sugars, which enhance the fermentation processes and others, such as smoothies, which incorporate numerous air particles

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Hemorrhoids

What are hemorrhoids? Hemorrhoids are soft and very vascularized pads located in the terminal part of the rectum. With their presence they contribute to maintaining continence, swelling and deflating depending on the situation. Usually they are not felt at all by the subject but in particular conditions they can swell giving rise to the classic symptoms of the haemorrhoidal disease
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Frequency Defecation - When it is normal and when not

Many people wonder about the normal frequency of defecation, worried that the number of evacuations produced is insufficient or excessive. Although it is legitimate to question the "famous" concept of intestinal regularity, or how many times it is normal to "go to the bathroom", the answer is too often influenced by prejudices and false convictions
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Colostomy: some dietary advice

In general, those undergoing colostomy should follow certain dietary rules, effective in ensuring good digestion of food and avoiding unpleasant complications (such as constipation or excessive bleeding from the abdominal stoma). First of all, it is advisable to fractionate the meals so as to make them lighter and more easily digestible
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Amount of Feces Produced per day

More feces, more health The most curious will be to ask how many faeces an adult normally expels in one day. Grams, pounds or even kilograms? Some answers come from a slightly dated (1992) study which collected data on the amount of faeces emitted daily by 20 different populations from 12 countries. In the studied Anglo-Saxon sample (220 people) the average amount of faeces emitted in one day was 106 grams
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Floating feces

Flushing it again and again without getting the desired result can be particularly embarrassing, especially when going to the bathroom outside the home. When stools continue to stubbornly remain afloat, the problem lies in their high air content. Not surprisingly, floating faeces are often associated with flatulence and meteorism problems
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Le Pétomane - The virtuoso of flatulence

Le Pétomane ( Il Petomane ) was the stage name of Joseph Pujol, a French artist who became famous in the late nineteenth century for a singular ability: thanks to a formidable control of the abdominal muscles and the anal sphincter, Pujol was able to emit farts at will and even suck up liquids or air through the anus.
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A vaccine against flatulence and belching

To solve the problem of pollution generated by methane emissions from cattle, scholars have developed a special vaccine. This drug, aimed primarily at cows and sheep, acts against the methanogenic microorganisms present in the stomach (in particular the rumen) of the animal. Archaea are the main microorganisms responsible for the production of methane in livestock
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Blumberg sign

Blumberg's sign is evoked by the slow compression of the abdomen, followed by a sudden release of the hand from the abdominal wall. In subjects with peritonitis, compression of the abdominal wall causes pain, but this is more pronounced when the hand is suddenly released, interrupting the compression
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Use of enemas in history

The search for a forced evacuation by means of enemas finds ample space in the history of man, since the most ancient times. For several centuries, purges, enemas and bloodletting have been considered the ideal means to purify the body of evil influences penetrated from the outside. The use of the enema was already widespread in the times of the ancient Egyptians, for whom it represented one of the most common therapeutic practices
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