Why do children keep farting?

Parents often find that their children fart easily, so they are worried that there is some problem with their gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, if they fart too often, they can take them to the hospital for a gastrointestinal health check, so that parents can feel more at ease. Sometimes, if there is indigestion, some very foul-smelling gases will appear, which needs to be taken seriously.

The largest component of farts is nitrogen, accounting for about 80%; followed by carbon dioxide, accounting for 2% to 19%; there are also hydrogen, methane, oxygen, etc. Among the above substances, odorless gases account for 99%. In addition, people with indigestion will produce a large amount of foul-smelling gas because food is slowly broken down in the gastrointestinal tract. It is discharged in batches. Although it is not "loud", it is very smelly.

The components of loud farts caused by eating potatoes and radishes are related to the type of food. For example, eating potatoes or radishes will produce a lot of carbon dioxide gas during the decomposition process. These farts are often loud like thunder, but not too smelly. On the contrary, if you eat too much protein, garlic, beans and other foods, it will produce foul-smelling substances such as hydrogen sulfide, indole (an organic compound found in coal tar and corrupted protein), and skatole, which will make your farts smell extremely bad.

In medicine, farts are often used as a "test balloon" to measure the quality of gastrointestinal function. If people fart frequently, it is often a prelude to defecation. If they do not fart or poop for several days and have bouts of abdominal pain, it is often a sign of intestinal obstruction and should be diagnosed and treated as soon as possible. If your farts are extremely smelly, it is often due to indigestion or eating too much meat. In this case, you need to diet and take digestive aids.

In the past, it was generally believed that the smell of farts was released by methane. In fact, methane itself does not smell bad. Modern science has proven that the "culprits" that produce bad odors are foul-smelling gases such as indole, skatole, and hydrogen sulfide.

Since human sense of smell is particularly sensitive to these gases, even if someone farts secretly in public, people will still be able to quickly detect it and cover their noses and shout "It stinks!"

Farts are produced because some of the food we eat is not broken down. The undigested parts, including fiber and sugars, become food for E. coli. When E. coli have a full meal, they release gas, which accumulates in the body and creates a pressure. When the pressure is too great, it will be expelled from the body and form a fart.

The amount of farts is also related to the strength of a person's digestive function. When you have indigestion, intestinal bacteria ferment quickly, easily producing gas and causing you to fart.

A scientist found that a person farts about 14 times a day. Every day, each person releases about 500 ml of waste gas.

Although farts smell bad, they are a normal physiological need and are good for human health. It is not good for a person's health if he does not fart all day long. People who never fart all year round are very likely to have gastrointestinal problems.

Drinking a glass of yogurt every day can help change the bacteria in your gastrointestinal tract.

Generally speaking, farts are a mixture of gases, mostly biogas with more methane.