What Is The Cause And Treatment For Abdominal Gas And Pain?
Constipation/medications/any disease?
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
- Before running into final conclusions, I need to have more of your medical data:
1. Have you been suffering of constipation recently?
2. Any medication you are currently using apart milk of magnesia?
Abdominal gas is caused due to:
- foods/drinks you consume
- medications you take that might alter intestinal flora
- certain diseases or conditions that are associated with altered intestinal flora
Pain you feel is because the extented bowels are suppressing the nearby nerves. Such suppression is giving pain signals.
My recommendations are as following:
- continue milk of magnesia to ease constipation
- take OTC probiotics
- increase water intake with oral rehydration salts
- take OTC simethicone and antacids to reduce gas
Further investigations are needed to understand why you are having abdominal gas.
Hope it helped!
Dr.Klerida