Since October 2021 when I moved into student halls I started to have tummy aches on and off.
I suspected it was due to the food I would cook, but the tummy aches were on and off.
Around April/May 2021, I started to experience daily farts. Everytime I would let gas out my tummy would feel better and it would go empty / flat.
I would like to note that I would never get tummy aches or farts frequently at all! It was always a one off occasion.
Recently since mid-Jan 2023 something has been happening to my tummy.
I was in my room for days doing my dissertation. The only breaks I got was from eating and showering. Apart from that I would constantly sit down on my chair or sit up on my bed to work.
I remember cooking butter chicken and I sat down to eat. My tummy while eating and even after eating started to bubble and I could hear the gas.
This happened everytime I would eat for 5 days.
I took gaviscon which kind of helped but not really.
Leading up to the day my tummy was getting better, I ordered a zinger burger which I couldn’t finish because my chest started to close in to the point I felt like I was going to throw up.
I suffered from acid reflux in 2015 so I know how my body reacts when I don’t eat and when I take gaviscon, but this time it was different.
I went from taking a poo every day to every other day, it would be constipated poo.
I was eating properly during this time such as: bananas, grapes, oranges, yoghurts, juices and meat.
It got better after a while.
But now my tummy after I am done eating makes anxiety noises which I would get when stressed. However I am not stressed because I have submitted my dissertation so much calmer.
Also before my farts were odourless and now it isn’t that odourless.
I am taking kefir, Yakult and kombucha. Along with eating fruits and eating on time.
Acidity only happens when I go long periods without eating. However I am eating so I don’t know where the acid and gas is coming from.