Wind ? Does anyone suffer with bad wind ?

[glen56]

Luckily i work in the NHS so can blame my clients ! Usually its in the afternoon but not always .Makes it difficult to jog at the gym !

[Mabes]

Have you tried eating gluten free? I did this for endometriosis (as it is reputed to help) and as a bonus it has cured my wind and fermenting guts. Another member of my family who is also hypoT tried going GF based on my results and their dreadful wind has diminished to normal levels!

The problem is, when I tried to eat a minute amount of gluten again (after 3 and 6 months), I was dreadfully ill. I have tried on two separate occasions and had severe celiac/gluten intolerance symptoms. So now I absolutely to avoid it.

Even if it's not gluten affecting you, perhaps you have become sensitive to another food... Worth thinking about.

[Schenks]

Wind? wind? Try boiling cauldron of hot, deadly farts that were so thick they not only sat in my cheeks until I could move in the right way to release them (try blaming that on a patient), but that also made me think I might just have mistaken wind for something more sinister! Stopped when I stopped eating wheat, much to husband's nocturnal relief.

[glen56 in reply to Schenks]

I did wonder if it may be wheat or dairy ? Its just that now my family have left home we eat out and I dont want to make life complicated alghough my daughter's gone wheat fee andfeels better for it .I do need to do something I know I don't tolerate beans ,kidney or mixed !

[t3rr]

I suffered like this, but more so in the evening... have been taking a tablet called Pro 5 in the evening after my meal, the tablet contains Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifodobacterium lactis and Lactobacillus rhamnosus in a prebiotic base, and it seems to have worked for me; I also agree that gluten can be a problem, so restrict my intake to one slice of homemade bread a day.

[glen56]

Thank you .

[Mabes]

I can now eat beans and eggs whereas before I gave up gluten I couldn't without the wind from hell. It's weird!

With regards to eating out - I don't find it too bad. It depends what you like to eat. I have an allium allergy (true allergy not sensitivity) so eating out for me was already an art. Eating snack food is a lot harder than main meals I've found as snacks tend to revolve around bread, rolls, wraps etc. Salads and jacket potatoes are usually okay or tweakable. Marks and Spencers food hall do 2 types of prepackaged gluten free sandwiches - in our local one you can take them up to the cafe to eat. They also offer soup and a gluten free roll. Lots of restaurants and pubs publish their menus online so you can scout out what's suitable before you go. Many tearooms round where I live now offer gluten free sweet options. If you are sensitive rather than completely intolerant then it's a lot easier as you don't have to worry about cross contamination. It may be not as bad as you think and the relief of not having the wind and upset 'guts' is really amazing.

[glen56 in reply to Mabes]

Starting tommorow I can find out if its dairy or wheat I may just cut right back on both , today I had bought afternoon tea on groupon.Disaster cream wheat milk coffee all the things I'm suspicious of !Painful stomach, wind and glad to get back for loo.

[Mabes in reply to glen56]

Aww bless ya and afternoon tea is so tasty too... But not the suffering! I did an elimination diet and then gradually reintroduced foodstuffs one at a time and well apart to note a reaction. Figuring out what I react to, and then avoiding it, has made the world of difference. I no longer feel ill specifically after my meals. I hope you can figure it out and get some relief!