Re: Sulfur/Rotten Egg burps?

[Guest guest]

Definitely go on a Colon cleanse...

> Its as gross as it sounds, and has been hounding this whole

household

> for awhile now!

>

> I've searched books and the internet for info pertaining to this

> problem and no one, not even on WebMD or other forums, have been

able

> to come up with any real solid answers as to what this is- and how

to

> fix it.

>

> For those of you who have had the fortunate luck to never

experience

> this I will briefly describe it for you: You feel sour, gassy, and

> sometimes bloated. You burp, a LOT, and it stinks like rotten

eggs or

> sulfur or something. You also tend to get gassy at the other end,

> which is very rank smelling too, and as it seems to " work its way

> through " you feel sour from the upper GI to the lower GI until

it's

> finally gone.

>

> I've treated it with Pepto, Tums, Mylanta, gas meds, Imodium

Advanced

> with little luck. Pepto seems to help sometimes, and sometimes it

> doesn't. I began to think on this problem- thinking maybe it's a

mild

> form of food poisoning?

>

> Think about it- what creates gas in our GI to begin with?

Bacteria.

> It's a byproduct of the bacteria breaking down certain things. I'm

> wondering if we get too much of a wrong type of bacteria in the

gut by

> eating something that was contaminated (it seems to occur often

when I

> drink diff. water, but not always), or perhaps something that

> encouraged a " bloom " of a particular bacteria that is normally

kept in

> check. Not sure, but that's my theory. lol.

>

> Anyhow, it used to be something that myself or my hubby would get

on

> occasion and it'd last usually for only part of a day. Well, I've

> been getting it a LOT lately. Sometimes as much as once a week.

> Usually a heavy dose of pepto will keep it from getting bad so it

> doesn't last long, but I have had it last for over a day before.

> That's miserable. Then just a few days ago my 15 month old got

it. I

> don't think either of my kids have ever had it before. That was

> really odd.

>

> I've had a lap-choly and lap-apy so I could believe that my

problems

> would have some sort of relation to that. I get a heck of a lot of

> heartburn, and wonder if that's having something to do with this.

But

> it doesn't explain the problems with the other two people in the

> household. Now my daughter had it just this one time (thus far) and

> the older one never has that I can remember, so it's not a rampant

> problem with them. My husband gets them now and again, (about

once a

> month), but not as often as I do. So I'm wondering if it's

dietery.

> I've even been trying to combat it with Probiotics and live-culture

> yogurt but that seems to have little effect.

>

> Ideas??

>

> Trish

[Guest guest]

Trish,

What your whole family has in common is what you eat together, and where

you live. Often times people have low stomach acid and that can easily

be taken care of by taking a full spectrum enzyme, and some hydrochloric

acid. If pepto is working, it is reducing stomach acid, but the problem

might be lack of stomach acid. If you don't have enough stomach acid,

food rots and I'm sure that can feed bacteria that can cause the foul

odors. Is it certain foods? Do you all have it at the same time?

A few things that might help if it is bad bacteria is drinking colloidal

silver (learn to make your own, it is expensive to buy), or get some

vitamin C powder and drink it mixed in juice or water. Another great

killer of bacteria is Grapefruit Seed extract. The liquid for is

extremely bitter to drink (about two drops per six ounces of water), but

might be worth it if it kills whatever is causing the problem.

However, where it is the whole family, and it is at different times, I

have an odd idea. Is there mold in your house, maybe in a certain

room? I once lived in an apt that had mold and we couldn't find it

until I decided to rip up a carpet and discovered that a living room

wall and the carpet pad were completely black with mold (discovered we

had a roof leak running down the wall). I recall having that

sulfur/rotten egg burp while I lived there, once in a while, but I was

rarely in the living room.

I get really bad breath, gassy, and bloated when I eat wheat in any

form, and yes, the other exit route gets very unpleasant to deal with

too. Could wheat be an issue?

I don't have the answers, but at least I hope I have given you some ideas.

Good luck to you and keep us posted!

Diane

Auri wrote:

>Its as gross as it sounds, and has been hounding this whole household

>for awhile now!

>

>I've searched books and the internet for info pertaining to this

>problem and no one, not even on WebMD or other forums, have been able

>to come up with any real solid answers as to what this is- and how to

>fix it.

>

>For those of you who have had the fortunate luck to never experience

>this I will briefly describe it for you: You feel sour, gassy, and

>sometimes bloated. You burp, a LOT, and it stinks like rotten eggs or

>sulfur or something. You also tend to get gassy at the other end,

>which is very rank smelling too, and as it seems to " work its way

>through " you feel sour from the upper GI to the lower GI until it's

>finally gone.

>

>I've treated it with Pepto, Tums, Mylanta, gas meds, Imodium Advanced

>with little luck. Pepto seems to help sometimes, and sometimes it

>doesn't. I began to think on this problem- thinking maybe it's a mild

>form of food poisoning?

>

>Think about it- what creates gas in our GI to begin with? Bacteria.

>It's a byproduct of the bacteria breaking down certain things. I'm

>wondering if we get too much of a wrong type of bacteria in the gut by

>eating something that was contaminated (it seems to occur often when I

>drink diff. water, but not always), or perhaps something that

>encouraged a " bloom " of a particular bacteria that is normally kept in

>check. Not sure, but that's my theory. lol.

>

>Anyhow, it used to be something that myself or my hubby would get on

>occasion and it'd last usually for only part of a day. Well, I've

>been getting it a LOT lately. Sometimes as much as once a week.

>Usually a heavy dose of pepto will keep it from getting bad so it

>doesn't last long, but I have had it last for over a day before.

>That's miserable. Then just a few days ago my 15 month old got it. I

>don't think either of my kids have ever had it before. That was

>really odd.

>

>I've had a lap-choly and lap-apy so I could believe that my problems

>would have some sort of relation to that. I get a heck of a lot of

>heartburn, and wonder if that's having something to do with this. But

>it doesn't explain the problems with the other two people in the

>household. Now my daughter had it just this one time (thus far) and

>the older one never has that I can remember, so it's not a rampant

>problem with them. My husband gets them now and again, (about once a

>month), but not as often as I do. So I'm wondering if it's dietery.

>I've even been trying to combat it with Probiotics and live-culture

>yogurt but that seems to have little effect.

>

>Ideas??

>

>Trish

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you for the thorough reply.

I have a few responses, will try to take them in order.

I rather doubt it's a lack of stomach acid, at least for me, since I

get heart burn ALL THE TIME. I should be on some sort of Rx for it,

since I get it no matter what, where, or when I eat. This has been a

problem for several years, and was (to a point) an expected side

effect of a surgery I had in 2000 (lap choly- gallbladder removal).

I'm not sure why that'd have any effect on it, but it does. I have

heart burn all the time, and Tums or Pepto are my best friends. I

have used Pepcid complete (has AC in it) and that works, but it's a

bear to swallow (tastes nasty). So for me anyhow, I doubt stomach

acid is the problem. I seem to have too much of it. But- then again,

maybe you are on the right track. As much trouble as I have with

heart burn I do chew a LOT of antiacids whose sole purpose is lowering

acidity. Need to ask Dr. about something better, I know, but just

haven't done it yet.

Mold? Don't know. Never heard of that, but I can't/won't excuse it as

impossible. I have gotten egg burps while I was in other places, so

if it was mold it's certainly not specific to this house. That's why

I'm leaning more on the water idea- but who knows? I can't get that

to hold true. I went to the bay area last week, drank at least 3

different types of water (basically from different areas) and had

little or no stomach problems (I'm a little bloated-but no real case

of egg burps). Other times I get them on my way home or when I

return. So it makes me wonder about that.

I can't get it narrowed down to any one type of food. I began to

question fast food, but I've had fast food an unusually high number of

times this last week (I typically have it a couple times a month- I've

had it like 4 times this week!) and so far nothing. It seems to be

that way- no matter what I have been eating or drinking, if I think I

start seeing a pattern- I still can't replicate it. I have been

tracking what I eat for the last 2+ months. I do not document when

and for how long I get the egg buprs, and I probably should, but that

MIGHT be helpful in narrowing it down to a type of food.

Wheat? I doubt it. I'm a big believer in wheat products anyway, and I

know a lot of popular diets now are not. I eat a lot of whole wheat

and some refined wheats. Pasta is usually whole wheat, bread is

usually whole wheat. Cereal- I don't eat usually. I don't consume a

large amount of cake or cookies, though I do eat some. I've been

eating wheat all my life- I have a hard time believing it would

suddenly be causing problems now. I have heard of increasing dietery

fiber causing problems in the GI for systems not used to it, but I've

been eating whole wheat stuff for months now (bread for years) and I

doubt that would still be a factor. There were a couple instances I

thought my children had a wheat intolerance (as infants, they were

getting some really " interesting " diapers- not fun) but even when I

removed wheat from their diet this did nothing to improve it. We've

later focused it in on Dairy, although that's not real consistent, so

who knows?

Dairy is an idea, but again I can't narrow this problem down to when I

ate a certain kind of cheese, yogurt, milk, etc. I'm not a big

consumer of milk, and I do know if I drink A LOT in a short amount of

time I get a mild upset in the GI (cramping, diarrhea sometimes). It

doesn't cause this bloating and real foul smelling " emissions " that

I'm aware of- though I do know some lactose intolerant people

certainly do. For the most part, I don't notice any effects unless my

consumption is large. Cheese and yogurt, however, I am a big

consumer. I use yogurt trying to battle this problem hoping the live

cultures will be beneficial. It doesn't make it any worse, but I'm

not sure it's helping much either. Seems to sometimes.

Certain preservatives, artificial sweeteners, etc? (You didn't mention

this, I'm thinking outloud). I know certain artificial ingredients

can have adverse effects (sorbitol can be laxative, etc) I'm not a

whole-foods person that's into all organic stuff-nor do I plan to be-

but I do believe that I should limit the amount of " chemical " stuff I

consume. I try to avoid really artificial stuff. I buy nothing with

the colorings in it. I will not touch aspartame or nutrasweet (I do

like Splenda though). But much of the stuff I can AFFORD still has

some weird ingredients- kind of unavoidable without paying double for

" organic " - so I would not entirely dismiss the idea of a " chemical "

additive being to blame. But which one would be SOOO hard to narrow

down. And which one that I haven't been consuming for years prior?

I drink a lot of orange juice- do you think that would help? (going

back to the stomach acids thing). I may try the grapefruit seed

extract idea if it's not too costly. On a very limited budget....

Thanks

Trish

>

> >Its as gross as it sounds, and has been hounding this whole household

> >for awhile now!

> >

> >I've searched books and the internet for info pertaining to this

> >problem and no one, not even on WebMD or other forums, have been able

> >to come up with any real solid answers as to what this is- and how to

> >fix it.

> >

> >For those of you who have had the fortunate luck to never experience

> >this I will briefly describe it for you: You feel sour, gassy, and

> >sometimes bloated. You burp, a LOT, and it stinks like rotten eggs or

> >sulfur or something. You also tend to get gassy at the other end,

> >which is very rank smelling too, and as it seems to " work its way

> >through " you feel sour from the upper GI to the lower GI until it's

> >finally gone.

> >

> >I've treated it with Pepto, Tums, Mylanta, gas meds, Imodium Advanced

> >with little luck. Pepto seems to help sometimes, and sometimes it

> >doesn't. I began to think on this problem- thinking maybe it's a mild

> >form of food poisoning?

> >

> >Think about it- what creates gas in our GI to begin with? Bacteria.

> >It's a byproduct of the bacteria breaking down certain things. I'm

> >wondering if we get too much of a wrong type of bacteria in the gut by

> >eating something that was contaminated (it seems to occur often when I

> >drink diff. water, but not always), or perhaps something that

> >encouraged a " bloom " of a particular bacteria that is normally kept in

> >check. Not sure, but that's my theory. lol.

> >

> >Anyhow, it used to be something that myself or my hubby would get on

> >occasion and it'd last usually for only part of a day. Well, I've

> >been getting it a LOT lately. Sometimes as much as once a week.

> >Usually a heavy dose of pepto will keep it from getting bad so it

> >doesn't last long, but I have had it last for over a day before.

> >That's miserable. Then just a few days ago my 15 month old got it. I

> >don't think either of my kids have ever had it before. That was

> >really odd.

> >

> >I've had a lap-choly and lap-apy so I could believe that my problems

> >would have some sort of relation to that. I get a heck of a lot of

> >heartburn, and wonder if that's having something to do with this. But

> >it doesn't explain the problems with the other two people in the

> >household. Now my daughter had it just this one time (thus far) and

> >the older one never has that I can remember, so it's not a rampant

> >problem with them. My husband gets them now and again, (about once a

> >month), but not as often as I do. So I'm wondering if it's dietery.

> >I've even been trying to combat it with Probiotics and live-culture

> >yogurt but that seems to have little effect.

> >

> >Ideas??

> >

> >Trish

> >

> >