The rumbling in the abdomen is a consequence of the contraction of the intestinal wall, which occurs due to the presence of gases and fluids in the digestive system. This is an absolutely normal physiological phenomenon.
The human intestines can be compared to a tube along which liquid food masses move. These masses are liquid not only because we consume water with food. And because the digestive system secretes about eight liters of enzyme-rich fluid daily, a significant proportion of which is absorbed back after the digestion process. The causes of rumbling in the stomach remain a mystery to many.
What are the reasons?
Liquid can flow through a pipe soundlessly only when there are no gases in it. Where there are gases, in complete silence the liquid will never be able to flow. There is a fair amount of gas in the human intestine. The bacteria that live there and emit gas in the course of their life are their source. In addition, a person swallows air with food. The presence of gases in the intestine leads to the fact that the liquid food mass moves along it and at the same time makes certain sounds. Usually they are most clearly heard in the upper abdomen. Sometimes a person pursues a constant rumbling in the stomach.
Sometimes it may seem as if everything is quiet in his stomach. But this is just a misleading impression. And if in reality everything is quiet, then you need to call a doctor, since in fact the presence of sounds in the intestines in healthy people should always be. It’s just that they usually have different intensities. When it seems that sounds are supposedly missing, they can be heard with a stethoscope.
Causes of rumbling on an empty stomach
As a rule, people often notice that rumbling in the abdomen occurs when the stomach is empty. Why is this happening? In the event that the stomach and intestines were left without food for a couple of hours or more, a process called a migratory motor complex may occur in them.
Feeling the lack of food, the receptors of the walls of the stomach begin to cause a wave of impulses passing along the entire length of the intestine. In this case, impulses cause contraction of the intestine. There is a loud rumbling in the stomach. In this case, the sounds will be more distinct than those associated with the movement of the liquid food mass.
You can not be afraid of a migratory motor complex, since this is an absolutely normal physiological condition for the person in the digestive system. It is necessary in order to rid the stomach with intestines from the remnants of undigested food, mucus and other toxins. In the event that the motor complex does not work well, nausea and abdominal pain may occur. A special hormone called motilin starts the processes of cleansing the digestive system from “dirt”; it is produced by the small intestine endothelium.
Scientists have found that the feeling of hunger caused by motilin in people who have an abnormal weight is changed and differs from the standard norm. Moreover, it differs not only in those who suffer from excess weight, but also in people with insufficient body weight. In addition, motilin has an effect on the pleasures of satisfaction that people experience after eating. And despite the fact that motilin has not been sufficiently studied, scientists already believe that in the foreseeable future it will become one of the points of influence on the correction of improper eating behavior, which is associated with refusal to eat or overeating.
Consider the causes of rumbling in the stomach in more detail.
Causes of painful rumbling
So, in the stomach of healthy people, rumble not only can, but this should happen. But sometimes too frequent, and at the same time, strong sounds in the abdomen may indicate the presence of some health problems, for example:
- Rumbling in the abdomen can be very seething and there is gas when the gases move against the background of diarrhea. True, this condition, as a rule, does not need additional symptoms for detection.
- In some situations, too strong, and at the same time, piercing sounds indicate the development of intestinal obstruction. But it should be emphasized that with such a terrible diagnosis, they are always combined with very strong, almost unbearable pain.
Violations of the assimilation of certain foods
A strong, tiring rumbling in the abdomen against a background of food that contains gluten usually accompanies celiac disease. This symptom can also occur in simpler cases of gluten intolerance in the presence of non-celiac sensitivity of patients to gluten. In addition, rumbling in the stomach after eating can occur due to the introduction of dairy products into the diet when a person has lactase deficiency.
Anxiety Disorders
Various neurotic ailments, for example hypochondria, along with depression or anxiety phonological disorders, lead to the fact that the autonomic system is in constant agitation, which gives rise to a huge number of various somatic symptoms.
In our country, this condition is still mistakenly called vegetovascular dystonia. But such a disease does not even exist in nature. But people have different functional disorders that are caused by malfunctions of the autonomic system due to the stress that it can undergo in the event of chronic anxiety, fear, excitement or longing.
Often, such functional disorders affect the digestive system. There is frequent belching and rumbling in the abdomen. Usually they also manifest themselves with dyspepsia or irritable bowel syndrome. The exact mechanism for the appearance of such states has not yet been established. But it is already obvious that they are directly related to a functional disorder that is caused by mental discomfort. When people claim that they have rumbling in the abdomen in the morning, especially on an empty stomach or after eating, the reasons for this are often hidden in a mental state.
- Firstly, often there is an excessive focus on one’s health with suspiciousness when a person is constantly obsessed with his body, and standard physiological states, which rumble in the digestive system appear to be, are perceived as a terrible pathology.
- Secondly, against the background of feelings of anxiety, dyspepsia can develop along with irritable bowel syndrome, which often leads to a feeling of boiling in the abdomen.
What else can mean constant rumbling in the stomach?
Excessive amount of sweets in the diet
The abundant presence of sweet components in the diet often becomes the main cause of loud and frequent rumbling in the stomach. Moreover, any sweet substances are considered dangerous. Such rumbling can cause regular sugar along with fructose and sweeteners, whether they are artificial or natural. The mechanism by which such compounds cause seething in the abdomen is different, but the result is the same.
Sucrose, that is, ordinary sugar, along with artificial sweeteners in the work of the intestinal microflora causes a certain imbalance. A negative effect on the microflora leads to the fact that beneficial bacteria die, and harmful and dangerous microorganisms, mainly fungi, begin to multiply. The vital activity of such microorganisms is directly related to the increased formation of gases. Because of this, rumbling in the stomach intensifies.
Fructose, along with sweeteners such as xylitol and erythritol, are classified as products that cause increased gas formation in the intestines. Regarding fructose, we can say that it will increase rumbling in absolutely any form. Thus, honey, agave syrup and other natural products, which are revered as very useful, have a similar unpleasant effect.
Rumbling in the abdomen in an adult can talk about pathology.
Simplicity and abdominal pain
Some diseases, for example, ulcerative colitis along with hyperacid gastritis, hepatitis C, enterocolitis or pancreatitis, have the appearance of boiling in the list of their symptoms plus the development of pain in certain areas of the abdomen. All of these diseases should be treated exclusively in a hospital. After a full course of therapy, painful rumbling usually stops.
True, this symptomatology is characteristic not only in the presence of certain diseases, this is often a normal consequence, for example, evening overeating. By the way, to go to bed with a full stomach is strictly prohibited, since this is a double blow to the liver, and in addition, to the pancreas. As consequences, constant severity may occur in the epigastric region, along with belching, diarrhea, girdle pain, and perpetual rumbling in the stomach after eating.
When is rumbling an alarm?
For symptoms such as pain combined with rumbling, differential diagnosis should be performed. Against the background of such symptoms, there are suspicions of acute appendicitis or cholecystitis, and in addition, peritonitis. In addition, in the alarming list, when rumbling with pain occurs, there are diseases such as intestinal torsion along with urolithiasis (with stones moving around the ureters), ectopic pregnancy, malignant or benign neoplasm.
Thus, if the pains are accompanied by rumbling and do not go away on their own, and the history has one of the items in the form of intestinal polyps or a trauma to the abdomen, then you do not need to self-medicate, but you should immediately call a doctor with further therapy in a hospital under strict supervision by clinical staff.
Reasons for frequent rumbling
Bubbling gases in healthy people in the stomach can appear suddenly and disappear imperceptibly. In most patients, this symptom usually disappears immediately after taking pills from rumbling in the abdomen - activated charcoal or the Espumisan drug. But there are also such patients who suffer from this all their lives without the presence of any particular disease. As a rule, the following factors are the cause of constant rumbling in the digestive system:
- Maintaining a sedentary and sedentary lifestyle.
- Long stay in a certain position of the body.
- Deficiency of enzymes of intestinal or gastric juice.
- Excessive medication.
- Regular overeating.
- The presence of increased intestinal motility.
- Regular adherence to strict diets.
- The presence of chronic diseases of the digestive system.
- Improper and unhealthy diet.
- Eating certain foods, such as sour-milk and sweet foods.
The presence of banal dysbiosis also leads to the development of rumbling and increased gas formation. This disease can go away on its own, but from time to time it can reappear. If it is not treated, a similar picture will acquire a chronic form and will be present in a person constantly.
How to treat bloating and rumbling in the stomach?
What should be done first?
So, what should be done so that a person’s stomach does not growl constantly? When it comes to acute conditions, it is first of all necessary to try to completely eliminate dairy products and gluten from your diet. But on Earth, very few people suffer from celiac disease. The presence of hypersensitivity to gluten is more common, but also does not act as a mass disease.
Human intolerance to lactose is a much more common condition. But usually the people who suffer from it are well aware of this. In this regard, one should not have high hopes that the complete exclusion of milk and gluten from the diet will help eliminate strong rumbling.
How to get rid of rumbling in the stomach?
Rumbling treatment or fighting in three ways
The fight against rumbling should be in the following three areas:
- Refuse sweet foods.
- Improve the intestinal microflora.
- Normalize the emotional state.
Of course, the most true, and at the same time effective way will be a complete rejection of sweet food. In the event that this is not possible for certain psychological reasons, stevia should be used as a sweetener. It should be noted that this product did not reveal any properties that would enhance the abdominal boiling.
As part of the optimization of intestinal microflora, you need to saturate your menu with special foods that contain probiotics, such as sauerkraut. Also, it will not be superfluous to take biologically active additives with probiotics. But, of course, natural nutrition is considered more preferable. In addition, it is recommended to increase the use of vegetable fiber, not only in the form of vegetable crops, but also in the form of nuts. It is important to emphasize that improving bowel function will reduce rumbling, as it will reduce the amount of gas.
Today it is scientifically proven that a healthy intestinal microflora helps a person maintain a normal mental state. And also, on the contrary, when the microflora is sick, the psyche can also become ill, for example, against the background of this, depression with a sense of anxiety often develops. Such mental conditions, as noted above, are often the cause of constant rumbling in the abdomen.
Of course, probiotics alone cannot get rid of mental problems, if any. In such situations, completely different treatment approaches are required. Nevertheless, probiotic care will never be superfluous.
To normalize the work of the intestine, all industrially prepared products should be excluded from the diet. Since in such foods there are always sugars or their substitutes along with preservatives, flavorings and other compounds that kill useful intestinal microflora. In one sausage, there are up to nine extremely hazardous to health ingredients.
Among other things, it is necessary to abandon antibiotic treatment that is unnecessary in most situations, and in any form. For example, you should stop buying the currently very popular antibacterial soap.
How to get rid of rumbling in the stomach with the help of folk remedies?
Home Therapy
First of all, to eliminate the rumbling, which often occurs in the stomach, it is necessary to exclude the use of the following products, or at least take them in small quantities:
- Eating peas, beans and beans.
- Use in recipes for cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini and cabbage.
- Eating pears and grapes.
- Fresh milk.
- Abuse of canned salads, garlic, onions or celery.
- Frequent use of baking from yeast dough, beer or kvass.
- Any salad options that are seasoned with mayonnaise.
- Eating fatty meat and fish.
- Abuse of pickles, marinades and smoked meats.
It should be emphasized that all of the above products do not have to be completely excluded from your diet. You just need to keep in mind that it is because of them that frequent rumbling in the stomach and gas can be provoked, therefore, to minimize this process, it is necessary to reduce as much as possible those products that cause it.
Among other things, it should be taken after meals with an absorbent effect along with antispasmodics. But the most optimal way to eliminate gas formation and rumbling is dill water. The recipe for its preparation is very simple: two tablespoons of mashed seeds are poured with a liter of boiling water and insisted for a day. Drink dill medicine before meals, 50 milliliters.
Conclusion
Thus, the appearance of strong rumbling in the stomach, regardless of whether it occurs after eating or with an empty stomach, is a normal physiological condition, which in most situations does not require any treatment at all. But in the event that in the stomach it rumbles constantly, and at the same time is also too loud, this may indicate the impossibility of assimilation of certain products. It may also be the result of irritable bowel syndrome or an improper diet with too much sweet. As a rule, all these causes are easily eliminated at home and do not require serious intervention from doctors. An alarm should be caused by rumbling, which is accompanied by a feeling of pain, as this may turn out to be a signal for the development of a dangerous pathological process, against which it is not recommended to pull with a doctor's call.
We examined why rumbling in the abdomen occurs, as well as the treatment of this pathology.