STFU Stomach!

msarro

Seriously, I'm sitting here at work and my stomach has been rumbling nonstop. And its loud enough that my coworkers can hear it, and are commenting that I should go eat something. But I'm not really hungry! I just can't get it to stop rumbling. I feel 100% ok too. I'm wondering if maybe the cottage cheese I had for breakfast is starting to turn? I doubt it would make me sick, I tend to have a pretty iron stomach.

Any other reason you all know of that could cause these rumblings?

msarro

Seriously, I'm sitting here at work and my stomach has been rumbling nonstop. And its loud enough that my coworkers can hear it, and are commenting that I should go eat something. But I'm not really hungry! I just can't get it to stop rumbling. I feel 100% ok too. I'm wondering if maybe the cottage cheese I had for breakfast is starting to turn? I doubt it would make me sick, I tend to have a pretty iron stomach.

Any other reason you all know of that could cause these rumblings?

GravyGurl

Although this is a common enough phenomenon. The term is ‘borboygmus’, and it is caused by the moving gas within your intestine, when the stomach acids try to act on the non-existent food inside your stomach. This makes the growling sound from your stomach, and amazingly enough, it does not mean that you are feeling hungry. Instead, it means that your body now lacks the sufficient nutrients it needs in order to function at its optimum best. The brain would have supplied this valuable information to the stomach and to the intestines, and when they receive the message, then, hey presto, you have borboygmus! The next time you feel hungry, tell your friends that you have borboygmus, and see what they have to say!


Q. What causes borborygmi?

A. Liquids in the stomach absorb gas that we swallow in the air, when we eat. As the stomach contracts, to move food around the digestive system it pushes this gas through the liquids. The loud distinctive rumble, which normally crops up when we’re hungry, happens because there is no food in the gut to dampen down the sound.


Q. Why does my stomach contract even when there’s no food to move around?

A. Because your body has a reflexive response to the desire for food, and starts preparing the stomach for the hoped for food by pushing anything in the intestines towards the rectum.

Some people actually experience borborygmus after meals, since digestion has the same reflex.

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ali106

poor guy!!! and great info girl!!!

hmmm what would pooh do w/ a rumble in the tummy....oh honey!!! but ah you may not want to choose that one lol

hugs!
Ali

fatsis

Good thing your not working at the international space station today....Their toliet is broke.:bigsmile:

chriss1tt

Good thing your not working at the international space station today....Their toliet is broke.:bigsmile:

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