PASSING wind, letting one go, having a trump – whatever you call it, we all do it.
Sometimes it may not be the right place or time to let one go. However, one NHS doctor has explained why you shouldn’t hold one in a fart.
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Posting to TikTok, Dr Karan Raj explained that on average, people fart around 14 times a day.
He joked: “The more the merrier. If someone tells you they don’t fart they are lying and you should disown them immediately or they have got a bowel obstruction which is a medical emergency.”
The NHS doctor explained to his 4.2 million TikTok followers that the average fart volume is enough to fill up a medium-sized balloon.
He cautioned: “If you hold in a fart too long it can be reabsorbed into your blood circulation and breathed out when you exhale.”
This could mean that your breath smells pretty bad.
One expert previously said holding in trapped wind can cause abdominal distension.
Professor Clare Collins, a University of Newcastle nutrition and dietetics expert said that holding on to trapped wind can cause intestinal distension.
Dr Karan said, “The largest fart is the first one of the day.” 75% of farts are made by bacteria in your large intestine.
“Digestive foods that aren’t digested are chewed up and produced microscopic farts. These farts accumulate before becoming regular farts.
25% of farts are from ingested air you don’t swallow and 25% is dissolved gas that has made its way into your intestines.
“99 per cent of a fart is non-stinky gases such as hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane.”
He explained that hydrogen and methane can be flammable so you can set farts on fire, although he cautioned that this is not recommended.
STINKY PANTS
The one per cent of farts that do stink are volatile sulphur compounds like hydrogen sulphide, he said.
“The sound of farts is made from the combination of vibrations of the anal and the bump against one another.
“Fart velocity and bum hold tightness determine the sound – which is also known as anal embouchure”Dr Karan said that.
Another TikTok doctor also previously highlighted that you should let out your farts to avoid your burps smelling like you’ve just let one off.
Dr Faraz explained that holding in a fart can lead to heartburn, bloating, pain, and indigestion.
“The gas could come out as a smelly burp and make your breath stink. Imagine doing a burp that smells like a fart.”
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