What are the causes and treatments for bloating on the left side of the abdomen?

Gas, bloating and pain are the most common complaints of gastrointestinal diseases. In particular, the bloating in the left lower abdomen causes a dull pain (the pain worsens after meals and at night), and you fart a lot. These are the basic symptoms of bloating. The symptoms of stomach bloating are often similar. In order to facilitate treatment, let’s take a look at the causes and treatments of bloating on the left side of the abdomen.

Causes of bloating: eating too fast or talking while eating, resulting in swallowing too much air. Certain foods themselves are prone to causing bloating, such as beans, wheat bran, apples, peaches, onions, cabbage, cereals, and potato foods such as sweet potatoes and potatoes. These are all gas-producing foods. Certain gastrointestinal diseases such as irritability and gallbladder disease (possibly due to fat malabsorption) can cause bloating.

The treatment for bloating on the left side of the abdomen is as follows:

1. Don’t eat food that is difficult to digest. Hard foods such as fried beans and hard pancakes are not easy to digest and stay in the gastrointestinal tract for a long time, which may produce more gas and cause bloating.

2. Eat less high-fiber foods. Foods such as potatoes, pasta, beans, cabbage, cauliflower, onions, etc. are all easy to produce gas in the stomach and intestines, which eventually leads to abdominal bloating.

3. Change the habit of eating too fast. Eating too fast or eating while walking can easily lead to swallowing a lot of air; frequently drinking beverages through a straw can also allow a large amount of air to enter the stomach, causing bloating.

4. Exercise appropriately. Exercising moderately for about an hour every day can not only help you overcome negative emotions, but also help the digestive system maintain normal function.

5. Overcome negative emotions. Negative emotions such as anxiety, worry, sadness, frustration, and depression may weaken the digestive function or stimulate the stomach to produce too much gastric acid, resulting in increased stomach gas and increased abdominal bloating.

6. Pay attention to certain diseases. For some diseases, abdominal distension is either a precursor or one of the symptoms, including allergic enteritis, ulcerative colitis, bladder tumor, etc.

Note: Some people are particularly prone to gas or bloating after certain foods, so they must avoid certain specific foods based on past experience.

The causes and treatments of bloating on the left side of the abdomen have been briefly introduced in the above introduction. Here we would like to remind patients who often suffer from bloating on the left side of the abdomen that if they want to prevent and relieve bloating, they should first start with improving their diet. Secondly, they should pay attention to correct eating habits and must not eat too fast. They should practice qigong and do internal nourishment exercises more often to allow the gas in the stomach to be discharged from the body.