Constantly seething in the stomach

Symptoms from the gastrointestinal tract appear more often than "signals" from other organs, even in relatively healthy people. This is due, first of all, to a very close connection between sensations in the organs and the influence of external factors. So, not every person goes in for sports seven days a week, experiences nervous or physical stress, and everyone, without exception, takes food. That is why it is so important to be able to interpret those "messages" that the gastrointestinal tract sends to a person, whether it be discomfort, pain or dyspeptic symptoms. For example, if the stomach is constantly bubbling - what does it mean, why does this phenomenon occur, how to help yourself and when a visit to a specialist becomes mandatory?

Physiological causes

The word "seething" is not a medical term, so it cannot be interpreted directly. It is important to understand what is meant by this concept. First of all, it can be flatulence - increased gas production in the intestines. In addition, such a sensation can be accompanied simply by the active work of the gastrointestinal tract, the act of digestion. One way or another, both physiological and pathological reasons can contribute to the appearance of such sensations.

Among the physiological reasons, i.e. those that are not associated with organ pathology, but indicate the normal functioning of the body, the following can be distinguished.

Table. Physiological reasons.

Cause	Characteristic	Elimination methods
Hunger	Everyone is familiar with the "rumbling" in the stomach that occurs with a strong feeling of hunger. The genesis of this phenomenon is associated with complex neurohumoral mechanisms, in which receptors in the stomach wall and higher nerve centers are involved. Often seething is accompanied by unpleasant sensations "in the stomach", ie. behind the lower part of the sternum. Prolonged hunger can cause weakness, headaches, and irritability and aggression.	The "treatment" is as simple as possible - to eat. If a full meal is not possible, you can have a snack, drink water, or try to distract yourself. In no case should you chew chewing gum so as not to provoke the release of hydrochloric acid in the stomach, which can ultimately lead to gastritis or ulcers.
Binge eating	Not only hunger, but overeating also makes you feel seething. In this case, the sensations are associated with the overflow of the gastrointestinal tract with food: the organs are simply trying to cope with the incoming volume. Often accompanied by a feeling of fullness, sometimes abdominal pain.	If overeating has already occurred, you should take an enzyme preparation (Mezim, Pancreatin, Creon) and enterosorbent (activated carbon, Smecta). Avoid intense physical activity, rest.
Food	It is well known that certain types of food do not go well with each other and cause diarrhea and increased gas production. Such combinations include, for example, fish and dairy products. In addition, spoiled food can cause seething without causing poisoning. Often these sensations are accompanied by soreness in the abdomen, diarrhea, and flatulence. It can last from several hours to 2-3 days, even after the act of defecation.	Enterosorbents, enzymes, large amounts of water.
Fermentation	Some foods cause active fermentation processes in the intestines, which is accompanied by increased gas production, a feeling of seething. These are cabbage, black bread, dairy products, alcoholic and carbonated drinks, fast food, sweets.	Avoid the use of gas products.
Age	In older people, it can boil in the abdomen due to a tendency to constipation, increased gas production due to weak digestive processes and depletion of enzymatic systems. Often these sensations are neurogenic in nature. Similarly, in children - the digestive and enzyme systems are not fully formed, which causes some difficulties with digestion.	Regular good nutrition, carminative agents.
Pregnancy	Due to the fact that the pregnant uterus presses on all organs of the abdominal cavity, processes in them can occur somewhat distorted. So, gas accumulates in the intestines, constipation often develops, difficulties with intestinal motility appear, which causes seething.	Most often, it is recommended to do only with a full, correctly selected diet, however, herbal laxatives, carminative agents, and enzymes can be prescribed.

Pathological causes

Unfortunately, bubbling in the abdomen can be a symptom of pathological conditions.

Motility disorders

Often, bubbling in the abdomen is a symptom of a particular pathology. And one of the main reasons is a violation of intestinal motility. So, with increased activity of contractile processes, flatulence may develop. A lot of gas is formed, it constantly circulates in the intestines, is released. This situation can be accompanied by flatulence, bloating, painful sensations of a spastic nature throughout the abdomen. Diarrhea is usually more common in this condition than constipation, although both types of stool disturbance can develop. Absorption in the intestine is impaired, which provokes loose stools. Intestinal hyperkinesis is sometimes accompanied by slight weight loss, deficiency of some micro- and macroelements.

On the other hand, with reduced motor skills, constipation develops.. The food lump is bad, it passes for a long time along the loops of the intestines, which causes the processes of fermentation and putrefaction, which, in turn, provoke gas formation and seething. In such cases, it rages for a long time, for several weeks or longer. Fecal stones can develop, sometimes because of them, a state of intestinal obstruction is formed, which requires surgical correction. Pathology is accompanied by heaviness in the abdomen, sometimes painful sensations of a pulling, pressing character, often quite intense. May be accompanied by nausea, belching. There is blood in the stool, because the stool is dry, hard, sometimes with sharp edges, which injures the intestine. In case of development of obstruction, acute pain, vomiting of feces, nausea appears.

Diseases of the digestive glands

The main reason why it can boil in the stomach is pancreatitis. Due to the fact that digestive enzymes such as lipase, protease and amylase are produced in insufficient quantities, food cannot be fully broken down. As a result, fermentation processes again develop, provoking gas formation.

This condition is accompanied by pain in the left hypochondrium, which spreads to the right hypochondrium and even to the back - sometimes this pain is confused with renal pain. After eating fatty, fried, smoked food, heaviness in the stomach develops, heartburn, belching, may there may be nausea and vomiting during the period of maximum pain intensity, which, however, does not relieve these pains. Defecation is usually also not normal: loose or tarry fatty stools develop. It can be discolored or light, in the form of a gruel.

By the way, not only pancreatic insufficiency provokes fermentopathy. This is often a congenital condition. For example, with a lack of lactase, dairy products are not digested, there is gluten intolerance. Usually, a person knows about such a feature of his body, but you should not immediately exclude such a situation.

Another reason is liver damage, especially not inflammatory, but destructive, for example, fatty hepatosis. In this case, the choleretic function of the liver suffers, food is not fully digested. Often the condition is accompanied by heaviness in the right hypochondrium, enlargement of the liver, pulling non-intense pains, nausea. There may be minor jaundice, lightening of stool and darkening of urine. Seething in the abdomen is often painful, intense eructation develops sour, nausea.

Video: Signs of pancreatic disease

Inflammatory bowel disease

It is customary to include in this group ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. These are serious pathologies associated with disorders of the intestinal mucosa, the cause of the development of which is not fully understood. In relation to such a disease, the term "cobblestone" is used when describing the intestinal mucosa. In this regard, one can imagine the state of the mucous layer of the organ. Symptoms are diverse: these are pains, and often quite intense, and flatulence, and bloating, and stool disorders. Bowel movements are painful, but can be rewarding. Often there is blood in the stool, sometimes mucus and even pus.

Seething in the abdomen can occur both with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Unpleasant sensations in the upper abdomen indicate rather Crohn's disease, although changes in the state of the mucous membrane can be in any part of the intestine. Colitis is characterized by pain and a bubbling sensation in the lower abdomen, near the navel. For such patients, even flatulence is often painful and causes discomfort rather than relief.

People with inflammatory bowel disease are often irritable, weakened, and emaciated due to a forced diet. Unfortunately, these diseases cannot be cured; it is only possible to correct the patient's condition in order to improve his standard of living.

Irritable bowel syndrome

Irritable bowel syndrome is a functional disorder. Such a diagnosis can be made only when all organic pathology is excluded by all possible research methods. Irritable bowel syndrome is characterized by two types of clinical picture: with a predominance of constipation and with a predominance of diarrhea. It is noteworthy that unpleasant sensations in the abdomen in the form of seething occur in both the first and second options, although they often develop for loose stools. Patients complain of painful bloating, flatulence, pain before bowel movements. The act of defecation itself usually relieves the person's condition, although it can be painful.

It is noteworthy that irritable bowel syndrome will never be accompanied by pathological impurities in the feces - neither mucus, nor pus, and even more so blood. This is the so-called "anxiety symptom": if it appears, there can be no question of a functional disease.

It is worth noting that irritable bowel syndrome is of a psychogenic nature. They suffer:

• especially emotional people;
• those who are regularly exposed to severe stress;
• people with psychopathology;
• people with a labile psyche;
• workaholics;
• exposed to any kind of violent actions, pressure from the outside;
• hypochondriacs.

This is important, since such categories of people tend to exaggerate their symptoms, and a short-lived episode of flatulence can become a "constant seething" in their eyes.

To cope with this situation, psychiatric consultation is often needed. He may prescribe sedatives or, conversely, antidepressants that will help to cope with emotions, and therefore with irritable bowel syndrome.

In addition, it is recommended:

• follow a sparing diet:
• avoid moral and physical overload:
• rest more, observe a sleep and wakefulness regime;
• maintain a psychologically healthy environment in the family and work team;
• walking more in the fresh air;
• go in for sports (adequate physical activity);
• find a passion and devote time to it.

Video: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Dysbacteriosis

An imbalance in the intestinal microflora can also provoke a bubbling in the abdomen. With a lack of normal representatives of the intestinal biocenosis and with an increase in the number of gas-producing bacteria that cause fermentation, flatulence often appears. Usually this situation is accompanied by changes in the skin - it becomes oily, acne and blackheads appear. Bad breath may appear, flatulence may increase, sometimes pain in the abdomen is also manifested. You can deal with this situation by taking pro- and prebiotics, adjusting the diet.

Thus, bubbling in the abdomen can be caused by very different reasons - both physiological and pathological. One way or another, this is a sign that the body has a hard time coping with the incoming food and needs help: at least, it is necessary to adjust the diet, introduce adequate physical activity, level the regimen day. In case of joining other symptoms, for example, pain in any part of the abdomen, nausea, vomiting, belching, changes in stool, it is recommended to immediately consult a doctor.

Video - Why rumbling in the stomach