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Burping (also called belching and eructation) is the release of gas from the upper digestive tract (esophagus and stomach) of animals through the mouth. It is always audible . In humans, burping can be caused by normal eating processes, or as a side effect of other medical conditions.
Aerophagia (or aerophagy) is a condition of excessive air swallowing, which goes to the stomach instead of the lungs.Aerophagia may also refer to an unusual condition where the primary symptom is excessive flatus (farting), belching (burping) is not present, and the actual mechanism by which air enters the gut is obscure or unknown. [1]
High-altitude flatus expulsion was first described by Joseph Hamel in c. 1820 [2] and occasionally described afterward. [3] A landmark study of this phenomenon was published in 1981 by Paul Auerbach and York Miller.
Alas, you can add one more unpleasant side effect to the list: persistent and particularly malodorous belching. So what are Ozempic burps, exactly? Read on for the full scoop from a medical expert ...
“If someone’s coming in and they’re saying, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m gassy, I’m bloated, I’m burping, I’m feeling so sick all day,’ it could be due to drinking five cans of carbonated ...
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The burping of a suckling infant may increase its capacity for milk by more than 15–25%, bringing a significant survival advantage. There is a strong tendency for infants to get hiccups, and although the reflex persists throughout life it decreases in frequency with age.
When I was growing up my friends all told me that seagulls cannot burp and thus feeding an Alka-Seltzer tablet to a gull would cause it to explode. If true, this is worth mentioning in the section about animal distress and bloat; if not true, it might be worth mentioning as a curious popular belief about burping (akin to burping to show approval of a meal).