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HEALTH
I Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
Embarrassing gas problem
By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
DEAR DR. LAMB - I suf
fer from an overabundance of
gas. I have had X rays of my
digestive tract, including a
barium enema and gall
bladder tests. The doctor, a
gastroenterologist, says it is a
spastic colon. He has given
me three different kinds of
medicines which have not
helped me at all.
I am 54 years old. I don’t
know what to do. I pass gas all
day long. It is very annoying
and embarrassing. Could you
please advise me what can be
done?
I also have arthritis in my
spine. I am wearing a surgical
girdle. It is much worse when
I get up in the morning. The
gas and the girdle combined
are quite a problem. I have
never had so much gas as in
the past few months.
DEAR READER - A
spastic colon is often part of
the picture of gaseousness.
Your colon is a muscular tube
and the muscles constantly
contract and relax in a
rhythmic fashion to move food
residue. When these muscles
contract forcibly as a spasm it
causes pain. This closes off
the colon and traps any gas
that is accumulating in the
colon.
Because of the spasm the
trapped gas is under tension.
That is what causes the pain. I
am sending you The Health
Letter number 2-1, Irritable
or Spastic Colon and Constipa
tion. It will give you basic in
formation on what you can do
to train your bowel so you
won’t have so much trouble.
Others who want this informa
tion can send 50 cents with a
long, stamped, self-addressed
envelope for it. Just send your
request to me in care of this
newspaper, P.O. Box 1551,
Radio City Station, New York,
NY 10019.
You may profit by in
creasing the bulk in your diet.
Cereal bulk, particularly
bran, is helpful. A large bowl
of bran flakes each day is a
good way to start. There is
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Try carrying a sheet of that fabric softener that one puts in the
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me nearly to death. Just rub such a sheet on your slacks or
dress. This really works. — MARIAN.
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more to it though than just
eating bran. Try to stay away
from chemical laxatives as
they cause more harm than
good and can cause you to
develop a laxative habit.
Gas comes from several
sources. Many people swallow
air. We know that because the
gas has been withdrawn and
analysed. Because it is mostly
oxygen and nitrogen we know
it comes from air. In other
people fermented gases are
important. These gases are
hydrogen, methane and car
bon dioxide. Bacterial action
on undigested food is impor
tant here. Good bowel habits
will help relieve this problem
in many cases.
Intolerance to milk and
milk products is a rather com
mon source of gas. As people
get older they often do not
digest carbohydrates as well
as before. You might try leav
ing off milk for a while, in
cluding ALL milk products
used in cooking and see what
happens. Coffee is also a fre
quent factor.
To give you more informa
tion on gas problems I am also
sending you The Health Letter
number 6-8, Controlling
Gaseousness. It is available to
readers as noted about the
issue on spastic colon.
Almost everyone swallows
air and forms some gas. The
amount normally is not large
and in the absence of a spastic
colon it passes unnoticed by
anyone. Every time you
swallow liquids or food you
are likely to swallow some
air. The abdomen-distended
average person passes
between 400 and 2000 ml of gas
each day. The pain that
trapped gas causes may be in
the area where gall bladder
pain is expected. The pain
may be from the colon and not
the gall bladder. You may be
interested to know that about
one in 10 persons in the
general population experience
unpleasant symptoms from
gas. So you are certainly not
rare.
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