Trapped wind: causes, avoidance, cures. PLEASE

Another idea, which I'd forgotten, is to use your stomach muscles (if you've got any left). Pull in and out vigorously as long as possible.

We did not serve sprouts this year and what a difference

I bought charcoal tablets last year I think! They are weird though.

I think that my digestive upset might have been related to the dreaded virus!

Walking round to move it made me smile. When visiting DH's brother who lived near Sidmouth, it was customary to visit the nearby donkey sanctuary. DH and I soon learned not to follow his wife on the walk or, if it was unavoidable, to lag a fair way behind!

Given that the xmas season of feasting has been with us. Have you thought about what you have been eating in realtion to this trapped wind? Anyone been at the sprouts?.

I suffer terribly with this - Windeeze is helpful but when it's really bad I lie on the floor and do some sit ups - I just make sure I'm on my own I have tried peppermint tea and charcoal tablets (I think these have been banned now) over the years too.

In Germany there is a product called Lefax which dissolves all pockets of wind and as it just passes through the body and isnot absorbed it has no side effects- except that the painful wind dissolves and goes away.
Ask the chemist to find out what its called in the UK.

Peppermint tea is amazing - gets rid of it all.

Charcoal tablets from health food shops as well - but they leave your lips black and don’t taste as nice as peppermint tea!

Atqui Not as far as I know - if you have missed it, so have I

By the way perhaps we should ask Miriam M the answer!

MamaCaz Has the final review of the Innovo been on GN yet? I saw the first one but may have missed the second.
I'm going to make myself a peppermint tea now as I have over indulged at lunch and suffering like you Kitty !

I have been product testing Innovo (the system for strengthening the pelvic floor), and have to say that that the electrical impulses from that seem to be very effective in releasing any wind that is present! As far as I am aware, the wind in question was never actually trapped, but should I suffer this in the near future I will see if Innov releases it.
I didn't mention this effect in my review, but nor did anyone else, so it might just be me

Annieback wrote that if she did that yoga pose(Kneeling bum in the air) she's not be able to get up. I wonder if doing the yoga pose , which is often effective, on top of one's bed would be easy to get up from. I suppose I could simply collapse on to my side, then rise from my bed in the usual way. Can any yoga poses be done on a soft mattress?

I wonder if it's unreasonable to ask if a flatus tube might be used on oneself. Decades ago when I was a nurse the procedure was very simple and easy and often was effective. I expect these thin rubber tubes can be bought online. I know that some people cannot bear to introduce anything into their body cavities, but for a former nurse it's little more difficult than swallowing a pill.

Anyway, you generously lubricate the tube at the end with the little hole in it. You lie on your left side and put it into your anus about three inches, directing it towards the front, as that is the way the rectum slopes( rather like inserting a tampax angled slightly towards the front). We used to put the other end of the tube in a basin of water so we could check for the bubbles, but it's not necessary.

Now that there aren't enough district nurses, or even enough private nurses to hire by the hour from an agency, we should be taught how to care for ourselves when possible.

agree with the yoga pose and massage. Doesn;t have to be on the floor. Lie on your stomach in bed and try and raise your bum slightly. Air is lighter so has a tendency to stick around the tummy button area when you're standing or sitting. I also find that buscopan helps as the wind aint gonna move anywhere if there's muscle spasm in the gut. Also try and avoid getting constipated.

Peppermint, or an infusion of fresh ginger root (or ginger ale, at a pinch). Hope you feel better soon, kitty.

Warm water helps me, and walking....even round in circles will help.

Kittylester DD always maintains that we should not talk whilst we're eating - she says she swallows air if she does which causes very painful wind; she does have to stick to a gf diet and I'm not sure if that could cause wind?

Yes, peppermint is good or a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda in warm water can release the wind - but find a quite spot after drinking it

Definitely try peppermint tea. When I had my hysterectomy some years ago I was in a bay with 3 other women ,all of us suffering terrible pain with trapped wind, my hubby bought in some peppermint teabag and made all 4 of us a cup of it , within 30 minutes we could not stop laughing , we were burping and farting for England but all felt so much better afterwards.

Trapped wind is no laughing matter can be quite painful. There is an over the counter pill, Buscopan, that worked quite well for me the couple of times I've suffered with it.

You can buy carbon lined underwear. It neutralises the smell apparently.
Just google those three words and you will have plenty of choice. Not sure if any of them do an emergency delivery service though.

Peppermint tea, that will calm insides and take pain away

If I did that yoga pose I would have to buzz for help to get up.

I haven't found anything to help yet, only affects my abdomen not stomach and only affects me in the middle of the night, so I have cup of tea, couple of rennie's and wait for it to calm down.

Remegel chewy things (the ones in the green packet, the blue packet is supposed to be for wind but makes no difference) or Gaviscon chewy tablets.

This pose is a yoga pose. It really works for the wind yes.