I m a 56 year old male and hopefully in good health with a healthy lifestyle and good diet, non smoker and very light drinker. Last summer I had gastroenteritis or I guess some kind of food poisoning. A couple of days of diarrhoea followed by a week of bloating and slightly yellowish stools. This all appeared to clear up after a couple of weeks or so and all back to normal. On and off since then I have had a rumbling stomach and trapped wind. The rumbling is normally in the morning and then occasionally after my evening meal. I can feel the rumbling and wind on the right hand side of my abdomen. A bit of a tummy massage and the wind clears. I have started taking a course of probiotics which has certainly reduced the symptoms and I am also cutting out milk to see if that helps. I also get an ache under my right ribs when sitting for long periods of time ... no pain when active. I m regular and stools look normal and no stomach cramps. The probiotics have made a difference and I have taken some activated charcoal tablets (one after an evening meal for the last couple of days) ... it slowly seems to be getting better but I would really like to clear up the trouble all together as it has been going on for a few months. Any advice would be gratefully received.