causes of gas pain

When we eat or drink we also swallow air. Sometime we may swallow air when we are nervous. This air finds its way into your lower digestive tract.

One of the main causes of gas pain is when bacteria in your colon, ferment carbohydrates that are not digested in your small intestines.

Even some of healthy foods such as, beans, peas and whole grains can cause gas to form, as these foods are high in fiber.

Dairy products consumption can also cause gas formation. It may be because your body is not able to break down the sugar (lactose) in dairy foods.

Use of certain medicines such as antibiotics and constipating drugs, also cause gas pain as they disrupt the normal bacterial flora that live in your bowel (part of the intestines).

Artificial sweetener like sorbitol and mannitol found in some sugar-free foods can also cause excess gas if your system cannot tolerate it.

Do eat in a hurry. Eating when you are on the run and under stress can interfere with digestion process and cause gas.

Smoking can also increase the amount of air you swallow.
Symptoms of gas pain

The primary gas pain symptoms includes sharp pains and jabbing cramps in your abdomen and these pains can change location quickly. Sometimes the pain is so intense that you feel it is serious illness like a heart problem, back pains and many others.

This generally occurs when gas builds up in your intestines and are not expelled. The voluntary or involuntary passing of gas, either as belching (burp) or as flatus (gas generated in or expelled from the digestive tract) is also symptoms of gas pain.