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How to reduce bloating in colon at night


sunyuzhe

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yuluyouyue Contributor
2 hours ago, sunyuzhe said:

I'm a he.

I had been eating bread for about 4, 5 months and gradually began to feel bloated after meal. the bread is about this size:
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Sometimes I felt bloated after took only a few bites. I was so confused at that time. This year July, I found if I eat oatmeal and wheat germ for breakfast, I will feel something sticky pass through my colon at night. It's extremely uncomfortable. At that time I already knew wheat contains gluten. So I stopped eating anything contains gluten. Gradually I can feel the stool coming out from my small intestine become smoother. one month ago, I ate a cake and immediately I got diarrhea. 4 days later I felt the sticky thing pasting through my colon.  It was at that time I'm sure I have gluten intolerance.

I'm always wondering what's the sticky thing I feel in my colon. Is it gluten? does anyone else have this feeling?

I am sorry for assuming you were a "she". I really don't know what this sticky feeling in the colon could feel like. Before I was diagnosed,  I got an uncomfortable feeling like popcorn was popping around my abdomen, and it sometimes woke me up. But this went away on gluten free quickly. Now I have some gurgling occassionally but I don't worry as  most people around me have that sometimes. Could be eating fruit too late in the evening or just digestion process. I hope you find a way too feel better! You have not been gluten free so long so it still might resolve simply with the gluten free diet. 


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Oh, I would also like to add, if you eat the meals provided by your company, you cant be sure that they are gluten free, even if ingredients themselves are. There is a big risk of contamination. It would be better to bring your own, especially if you still feel unwell. Also, if possible insist with your gp that you get other tests done to really be sure what is going on. Like this you are only guessing. 

sunyuzhe Apprentice
12 hours ago, yuluyouyue said:

Oh, I would also like to add, if you eat the meals provided by your company, you cant be sure that they are gluten free, even if ingredients themselves are. There is a big risk of contamination. It would be better to bring your own, especially if you still feel unwell.

Thank you for your advice. Currently it's inconvenient to cook food myself. After I have better conditions I will bring my own food. 

12 hours ago, yuluyouyue said:

Also, if possible insist with your gp that you get other tests done to really be sure what is going on. Like this you are only guessing. 

You reminded me. I have only seen gastroenterologists before. Last time I saw the general practitioner Department in a hospital of my city, I didn't even know what it is. I should definitely go to see a general practitioner this week.

  • 8 months later...
sunyuzhe Apprentice

Hi everyone. It has been more than half a year since my last post. I want to update my information. 

I'm feeling much better now. My absorption has improved a lot. I gained 10 kilograms. I don't have malnutrition any more. My sleep quality also improves a lot. I have energy to go to gym and do some exercise. Although I'm still not fully recovered, I think I'm in a virtuous circle.

Thank you all! Your advice saved my life.

I adjust my diet, increased the amount of fiber. There was a period of time I feel extremely fatigue and my heart rate increased a lot. whenever I got nervous or excited, I would feel I'm going to collapse. I took some magnesium, and this helped a lot. 

I still don't know the exact cause of my illness. But I made a theory to explain it based on my feelings. 

My diet was really poor before, a lot of carbohydrate, gluten, little amount of protein, fat, fiber, vitamin, minerals. This diet and stress disrupted my microbiome and cause gut inflammation. Then gluten and other greasy food slow down my bowl movement(I don't know why), I can feel something sticky in my colon. Due to this affect combined with malabsorption, I have serious bloating in my colon, especially the transverse colon. Food will stuck on my left up side of belly:

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This cause a lot a pressure on my colon. Normally the colon has folding, I think these folding can form individuals chambers, which can lock stool inside and prevent stool move to the opposite direction. But my problem is bloating cause my colon muscle weak and my champers become "leaky", and the force of Peristalsis cannot work properly. So when I feel bloating, I have to lay down on my left side to let gravity help my bowel move. And also I can't sleep well, because when I'm sleeping, stool will stuck in my transverse colon and cause me nightmare and then wake up with an increased heart rate. This is really painful. 

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After I change my diet, I also drink some Olive oil in the morning. It's said that olive oil can lubricate colon and is also anti-inflammatory. Two months later, I felt the dramatic change. I could feel my transverse colon begin to constrain, I know this means my colon begin to improve. But this feeling is very uncomfortable, It cause serious internal intestinal itching. I think it's because the nerves in my intestinal is being pushed, and need to adjust. These kind of feeling repeat several times. each time it would last one or two days. When it finished, I had better bowel movement.  

Now I rarely have that feeling. Most part of my colon has normal movement. But still my colon is not strong enough, especially in the center part of my transverse colon. I usually feel itching here. So I'm still very careful about my diet. I'm not sure If this part of colon can improve or if this damage is permanent. 

 

Thank you all. It's really difficult to maintain a healthy life, especially I can't find a good doctor. I will keep learning. I know knowledge on health can change my life. 

 

trents Grand Master
(edited)

Thanks for the update and it is good to hear of your progress.

People with celiac disease often develop intolerance to other foods that do not contain gluten. I believe that anything we eat which is causing inflammation anywhere along the length of the intestinal track can contribute to bowel movement irregularity because it may interrupt peristalsis. Look for other things in your diet in addition to gluten that may be causing inflammation.

Edited by trents
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Wonderful News! In time your gut will heal, it is programmed into our DNA to self repair given the right nutrition. 

  • 7 months later...
Dtoc Apprentice
On 6/12/2022 at 4:33 AM, sunyuzhe said:

Hi everyone. It has been more than half a year since my last post. I want to update my information. 

I'm feeling much better now. My absorption has improved a lot. I gained 10 kilograms. I don't have malnutrition any more. My sleep quality also improves a lot. I have energy to go to gym and do some exercise. Although I'm still not fully recovered, I think I'm in a virtuous circle.

Thank you all! Your advice saved my life.

I adjust my diet, increased the amount of fiber. There was a period of time I feel extremely fatigue and my heart rate increased a lot. whenever I got nervous or excited, I would feel I'm going to collapse. I took some magnesium, and this helped a lot. 

I still don't know the exact cause of my illness. But I made a theory to explain it based on my feelings. 

My diet was really poor before, a lot of carbohydrate, gluten, little amount of protein, fat, fiber, vitamin, minerals. This diet and stress disrupted my microbiome and cause gut inflammation. Then gluten and other greasy food slow down my bowl movement(I don't know why), I can feel something sticky in my colon. Due to this affect combined with malabsorption, I have serious bloating in my colon, especially the transverse colon. Food will stuck on my left up side of belly:

image.png.bc9fcac1a584d1982656d804e07c2aa1.png

 

This cause a lot a pressure on my colon. Normally the colon has folding, I think these folding can form individuals chambers, which can lock stool inside and prevent stool move to the opposite direction. But my problem is bloating cause my colon muscle weak and my champers become "leaky", and the force of Peristalsis cannot work properly. So when I feel bloating, I have to lay down on my left side to let gravity help my bowel move. And also I can't sleep well, because when I'm sleeping, stool will stuck in my transverse colon and cause me nightmare and then wake up with an increased heart rate. This is really painful. 

image.png.5298890b941e42624fb78cc33330394e.png

After I change my diet, I also drink some Olive oil in the morning. It's said that olive oil can lubricate colon and is also anti-inflammatory. Two months later, I felt the dramatic change. I could feel my transverse colon begin to constrain, I know this means my colon begin to improve. But this feeling is very uncomfortable, It cause serious internal intestinal itching. I think it's because the nerves in my intestinal is being pushed, and need to adjust. These kind of feeling repeat several times. each time it would last one or two days. When it finished, I had better bowel movement.  

Now I rarely have that feeling. Most part of my colon has normal movement. But still my colon is not strong enough, especially in the center part of my transverse colon. I usually feel itching here. So I'm still very careful about my diet. I'm not sure If this part of colon can improve or if this damage is permanent. 

 

Thank you all. It's really difficult to maintain a healthy life, especially I can't find a good doctor. I will keep learning. I know knowledge on health can change my life. 

 

I just signed up for this site because this is exactly what happens to me!!! I thought it was my thyroid (and a host of other ailments) Embarrassingly, I think a lot of my issue is due to a mixture of alcohol and gluten. I've given up both and started on both benfotiamine and sulbutiamine (B2 and mag taurate) and it's helped so much!! Sulfites and polyphenols are both anti-thiamine, so I've stopped most of those as well. Ginger, peppermint tea, turmeric, cinnamon, oregano oil, etc...think I completely eliminated all my thiamine stores. 


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