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I have constant gas!

Hey you guys, I have posted this many times before, but I keep posting in case someone new has a cure. Yes, you read that correctly: I fart constantly. Like every 30 sec a fart slips out and I have no way to control it. I can't smell them or feel them (only if I put my hand down there I can feel it with my finger coming out. Wow that was gross.. I'm sorry, but I'm desperate!), but other people sure let me know that they can smell it.  I have tries numerouse medicines, doctors, diets, and so many other things with absolutely no luck. I have been to points where I live solely on brown rice, broccoli, and hardboiled eggs. Still, no luck :( I have no idea what to do! People made fun of me so much at school that I had to leave and be homeschooled, which was great until I realized that I had to go to college next year. I never leave the house because it's so embarassing. Even my family covers their nose and doesn't want to sit too close to me. It's funny to some people, but it's awfully depressing to me, the person who can't even leave her freaking house because of it! I have Celiac disease and my stomach pain and bloating definitely decreased after I found out and stopped eating gluten in Feb. 2010. But the farting is getting worse and worse. I have been diagnosed with IBS, but I really think that there is more to it than that. I have had colonoscopies and endoscopies with no luck either. Doctors tell me everything is normal, but I know it isnt! There is no way that this is normal. Doctors can't tell me anything, but I'm hoping you wonderful people may be can?

Thank you all in advance,
   Kay
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" I live solely on brown rice, broccoli, and hardboiled eggs "

Here is the problem. Rice tends to be constipating and broccoli and eggs are very sulfurous. Eat too much sulfurous foods and your body can temporarily (until diet change) give off a rotten egg odor. This happens for people who eat too much red meat and too much dairy too.

Introduce more greens, fruit, and water to your diet. Steer away from too much cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, kale, etc.
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thank you guys! I have had an ultrasound and there is nothing wrong with my gallbladder. I really have no clue what this is... I will look at that link too.
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users.chariot.net.au/~dna/IBD/index.htm Try this link!
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You might try adjusting your diet some more. Broccoli is a big gas producer, like cabbage (same family).

Are you being treated by a GP or a GI? You should be seeing a specialist. I had a gall bladder issue for 25 years that they kept telling me was IBS. I finally saw a GI and he ordered the one test that gave me the correct diagnosis, low functioning GB (biliary dyskinesia).

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Nope. Every doctor that I've been to doesn't think that there is anything wrong and therefore refuses to do any more tests. I'm thinking about the GAPS diet, but it's such a long commitment and it may not even work.
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Have you had a hydrogen breath test for small intestinal bacteria overgrowth?
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