Stomach bloating in-flight
Oct 21, 2015 | 8:57 am
#18
Join Date: Jun 2013
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+1 to #16--it's all about diet and management.
I used to suffer bloating in-flight and retire to the restroom on an hourly basis to relieve the gas. Turns out I was becoming lactose intolerant; didn't notice it on the ground, but up in altitude it was much more noticeable. Once I cut out the milk, my discomfort went away entirely.
(I got a final, unambiguous confirmation once when upgraded on an AA transcon and was served their milk-and-cookie snack; the moment I drank the milk my stomach started responding. My lactose intolerance has since gotten worse so I notice it on the ground, too, but basically flying was my "early indicator." Lactose intolerance affects lots of adults gradually, but increasingly, after 30.)
I used to suffer bloating in-flight and retire to the restroom on an hourly basis to relieve the gas. Turns out I was becoming lactose intolerant; didn't notice it on the ground, but up in altitude it was much more noticeable. Once I cut out the milk, my discomfort went away entirely.
(I got a final, unambiguous confirmation once when upgraded on an AA transcon and was served their milk-and-cookie snack; the moment I drank the milk my stomach started responding. My lactose intolerance has since gotten worse so I notice it on the ground, too, but basically flying was my "early indicator." Lactose intolerance affects lots of adults gradually, but increasingly, after 30.)
Oct 22, 2015 | 4:33 am
#20
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+1 to #16--it's all about diet and management.
I used to suffer bloating in-flight and retire to the restroom on an hourly basis to relieve the gas. Turns out I was becoming lactose intolerant; didn't notice it on the ground, but up in altitude it was much more noticeable. Once I cut out the milk, my discomfort went away entirely.
(I got a final, unambiguous confirmation once when upgraded on an AA transcon and was served their milk-and-cookie snack; the moment I drank the milk my stomach started responding. My lactose intolerance has since gotten worse so I notice it on the ground, too, but basically flying was my "early indicator." Lactose intolerance affects lots of adults gradually, but increasingly, after 30.)
I used to suffer bloating in-flight and retire to the restroom on an hourly basis to relieve the gas. Turns out I was becoming lactose intolerant; didn't notice it on the ground, but up in altitude it was much more noticeable. Once I cut out the milk, my discomfort went away entirely.
(I got a final, unambiguous confirmation once when upgraded on an AA transcon and was served their milk-and-cookie snack; the moment I drank the milk my stomach started responding. My lactose intolerance has since gotten worse so I notice it on the ground, too, but basically flying was my "early indicator." Lactose intolerance affects lots of adults gradually, but increasingly, after 30.)
Oct 22, 2015 | 6:48 am
#21
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Oct 24, 2015 | 8:25 am
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Oct 24, 2015 | 8:27 am
#25
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Atmospheric pressure is lower in the cabin while at altitude than wherever you started unless you're flying from Quito or someplace like that. Gas dissolved in your stomach contents expands.
Atmospheric pressure is lower in the cabin while at altitude than wherever you started unless you're flying from Quito or someplace like that. Gas dissolved in your stomach contents expands.
Oct 25, 2015 | 9:34 pm
#26
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But really, I've seen menus that have Arabic Mezze (hummus included), lentil soup, and curry on flights. Why? How? and like you said, who?
Oct 25, 2015 | 10:14 pm
#27
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Book that explains it all
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
plus you will be laughing out loud (and covering up the sound of those farts)
plus you will be laughing out loud (and covering up the sound of those farts)
Nov 10, 2015 | 1:31 pm
#28
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Not that it's ever happened to me...oh no, not this Little Old Grey-Haired Lady.
Nov 14, 2015 | 7:32 am
#29
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Why do I always get behind a pax that 'lets go' one side of the Pond to t'other? Coming back 2 weeks ago, was eye watering and I felt like tapping him on the head (his seat was fully reclined) and offering him an oatmeal bar. That cures it!
Nov 14, 2015 | 9:07 pm
#30
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I read that book on the way to London about 2 years ago...very interesting and entertaining. Not for the squeamish, though, Luckily, so far, all of my seat mates have been live farters, not stiffs.