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Health Never suppress flatulence in an airplane
Most people in closed rooms suppress the puffing out of shame when they are with other people. This shame can lead to health consequences if this happens on the plane. It even happens that planes need emergency landing because sufferers suffer from massive abdominal pain. Experts explain why flatulence is by no means suppressed. Even a study was done on this.
Stopover due to flatulence
As good as every human knows the problem: You would have to fart, but does not dare, because you are surrounded by other people. The phenomenon of abdominal bloating in aviation is called "Boeing Belly" by the crew. In the US, a plane had to land after a flatulent passenger lit a match after each puff to mask the unpleasant odor.
Please fart in the plane! Image: absolutimages - fotolia Still a taboo topic
Actually Flatulenz is "stinknormal", for many but still a taboo topic. According to doctors, every person produces around 1.5 liters of gas per day in the body. "Most enter the bloodstream through the intestinal wall and are further broken down in the liver and exhaled through the lungs," says gastroenterologist Mathias Strowski. "All gases that can not be broken down then have to leave the body as pups." They reach a speed of 0.1 to 1.1 meters per second. The average daily number of pups is 12.7. Each fart consists of gases, such as odorless nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, oxygen, but also malodorous sulfur compounds.
Flatulence increases over the clouds
On flights, the flatulence increases, among other things due to the reduced air pressure. As reported, almost all of these gases pass into the intestine from 3,500 meters altitude and thus lead to increased Furzdrang. As the aircraft continues to rise, the gases continue to expand in the abdomen. In addition, the accumulation of air is promoted by a lack of exercise or a wrong diet on board. The crew calls the phenomenon of the swollen belly phenomenon in aviation "Boeing Belly", which plagues both the passengers and the pilots and flight attendants - especially on the long haul.
Experienced frequent flyers abstain from some drinks and food
On common home remedies for flatulence, with which you can usually treat the abdominal pain, eructation with heartburn and blows well, you often have to do without on board, as the taking away of drinks is not allowed and many of the aids are prepared in the form of teas. Not as a home remedy, but as a means on board offers itself to get up again and again and move something. This is advisable on long flights anyway, especially as a prevention against thrombosis. Experienced frequent flyers often abstain from alcohol, fizzy drinks, juice and coffee as they can aggravate the problem. Instead, they take unsweetened herbal tea or still water.
Home remedies can help
Better to drive
You should also refrain from salad and fruit. On certain foods that promote flatulence, Airlines refrain from the information usually anyway: These include legumes, leeks or cabbage. Some passengers manage with over-the-counter defoaming agents with the active ingredients Dimeticon and Simeticon. These dissolve the gases already in the stomach. As to whether or not to better resist the Pups, there was a study published by scientists in the New Zealand Medical Journal. The simple answer is "just let it go," which means it should be left out. Otherwise threatened complaints such as bloating, indigestion and abdominal pain.
Flying with leather pants
The strained retention of the air in the abdominal cavity may cause the intestine to cramp up too much and pinch the air at its bends on the right and left in the abdomen, which causes further discomfort. Therefore, the motto is: "Better to drive. The odor problems that can occur with such a consistent let-it-go behavior on board, "the researchers also focus on. Their proposal is to process activated carbon in aircraft seats in the future as this material could neutralize the odor. Professor Strowski, who thinks that one should "just apologize" to his fellow travelers in such cases, has some unusual advice and says: "Fly with leather pants! Through the substance, the intestinal winds are subdued and distributed little by little. "(Ad)