Gas Stomach Pain

My father-in-law has been hospitalize for 3 days due to trapped gas in his stomach.  It started with a stomach cramps.  He is complaining for stomach cramps for 3 days and we thought that it is just a simple stomach pain.  But he is started vomiting; we decided to go to the doctor for evaluation. The doctor told us that is may be indigestion, so he recommended taking medicine for stomach pain and indigestion.  But he still suffering from severe stomach pain and massive vomiting, so we take him to the ER and the doctor took x-ray and found out intestinal inflammation due to trap gas in the large and small intestine.  The doctor placed a tube though his nose into the stomach in order to pass the trap gas.

Of course, there are lifestyle modification to avoid excess gas and gas pain. Some of these modifications include; eat small meal or eat several small meals throughout the day instead of three or four large meals, avoid smoking, eat food slowly, and don’t eat while anxious or upset.

Some causes of excessive gas in the digestive tract are constipation, food intolerances, laxatives, antibiotics and other health condition such as diverticulitis or inflammatory bowel disease.  Thanks to God that Daddy has no serious condition, it is just a simple gas pain.