Flatulence: range of knowledge or ignorance?

Abstract

The gastrointestinal tract of a healthy person contains up to 200 ml of gas. Normal nutrition (including 200 g of baked beans) provides for evacuation through the rectum of about 600 - 700 ml of gas - a mixture of hydrogen (H2), methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2).

Keywords

• желудочно-кишечный тракт
• кишечные газы
• метеоризм
• вздутие живота
• симстикон
• gastrointestinal tract
• intestinal gas
• flatulence
• distension
• simethicone