Is excessive farting a sign of bowel cancer? Is it better to have more farts or less farts? 2 kinds of farts to be more careful

Meimei works in an administrative position in a technology company. She usually loves beauty and pays more attention to personal image. But recently, she found that she farts a lot, and sometimes she can't help but fart in the elevator with her colleagues, which is simply too embarrassing.

In addition to farting more, she also developed symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain , which lasted for a long time and did not improve, so she hurried to the hospital for an examination with her best friend.

The pathological results showed that bowel cancer was in the advanced stage. Meimei couldn't accept this news for a while. She couldn't imagine that she was targeted by bowel cancer when she was only in her early 30s.

1. Why do farts stink?

Some of the air that enters the body when people eat and talk, the gas produced by the decomposition of food, and the gas metabolized in the blood will be stored in the stomach, but most will be excreted through the intestines. These gases discharged through the intestines are farts.

Then why do some farts always stink? It has to do with the bacteria in your gut.

Under normal circumstances, these bacteria help to promote the health of the human body, but some bacteria will decompose the protein step by step, first producing amino acids, and then producing cadaverine, putrescine and other putrefactive amines.

Some bacteria also produce pungent ammonia gas, or decompose sulfur-containing amino acids into hydrogen sulfide, which smells like rotten eggs. These substances mix with the excreted gas to form stinky farts.

2. Fart, do you have bowel cancer?

For the time being, there is no clear research that can confirm the relationship between excessive farting and bowel cancer, but in some cases bowel cancer may lead to increased farting. After a tumor appears in the intestine, the tumor will secrete some substances to promote the peristalsis of the stomach, resulting in more frequent farting. If the following two flavors of fart appear, be alert to the coming of bowel cancer!

1. Fishy smell

After a malignant tumor appears in the intestinal tract, once the tumor rots and peels off, it may cause a fishy smell in the fart.

2. The smell of rotten eggs

In the intestinal tract, if there is necrosis of cells exfoliated by tumor tissues, it may also cause the smell of rotten eggs.

3. More farts and less farts, it may be that the body is calling the police

Whether it is too much fart or too little fart, it is an abnormal situation. Abnormal farts may be an early warning signal of a physical disease.

Frequent farting may be related to eating a lot of gas-prone foods and eating too fast. Foods such as radishes, soybeans, onions, and sweet potatoes are prone to gas production. Eating too much will lead to more farts.

In addition, diseases such as gastric ulcer, indigestion, and chronic gastritis may also lead to increased farting.

If you don't fart for a long time, there may be something wrong with your intestines. For example, intestinal adhesions, gastrointestinal tumors, volvulus, intussusception and other diseases can cause intestinal obstruction, blockage of farts, and even abdominal distension, abdominal pain, vomiting and other symptoms. Be vigilant and seek medical attention as soon as possible.

Fart is the gas discharged from the human digestive tract. Most of the smelly fart is related to the bacteria in the intestine. Farting is a barometer of the body, whether there is too much fart or too little fart, it is not good for your health. Frequent farting may be related to diet, disease and other reasons. If you do not fart, it may be due to intestinal problems. You must pay attention to it and seek medical attention as soon as possible.

References:

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[3] "More farts and less farts, the body is calling the police! Don't miss the big problems behind these "shits". Tencent Medical Code. 2020-06-08

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