Sulphur burps - is this normal?

lorrepa · 2025-09-14T20:08:32+00:00

Is it normal to get sulphur smelling burps two or three times a year for seemingly no reason. I did eat very rich food yesterday. Some of it fried. I haven’t had food poisoning in decades. No one else is feeling off today. I’m devastated my one day to relax has been completely ruined

sammylady37 · 15/09/2025 12:19

I got these last year after food poisoning, they’re awful. I found over the counter bloateze tablets really helped.

Putthekettleon73 · 15/09/2025 11:58

Ah what a relief something works. Well done & get better soon x

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lorrepa · 15/09/2025 11:49

Putthekettleon73 · 15/09/2025 10:58

I don't know op. I've never suffered from sulphur burps. They sound awful you poor thing. How are you today?

I just mean that moving forward, once you've got to the bottom of the case of this, I would try to look after your digestion and gut health. I have to be on very high iron tablets for anemia so suffer from constipation so I eat a lot of fibre and drink lots of fluids, I try to have kefir every day for good bacteria. Given up alcohol etc. I feel better for it.

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thank you for asking :)

I bought pepto bismal and the aniseed gaviscon (as recommended by the very kind people on here who offered advice last night) and my word they made the world of difference! The burps went by around 95%. And the ones which did get through had the gaviscon/pepto bismal taste.

You’re absolutely right I have put my body through the wringer in the last year. The only “good bacteria” I get is the very occasional Greek yogurt. Will be changing up my diet asap!

Thank you so much to each and every person who commented yesterday. I’m sure I’d still be running to the window every few minutes right now had I not posted last night

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Putthekettleon73 · 15/09/2025 10:58

lorrepa · 14/09/2025 22:25

Would eating be a mistake? Just something plain like chicken and rice?

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I don't know op. I've never suffered from sulphur burps. They sound awful you poor thing. How are you today?

I just mean that moving forward, once you've got to the bottom of the case of this, I would try to look after your digestion and gut health. I have to be on very high iron tablets for anemia so suffer from constipation so I eat a lot of fibre and drink lots of fluids, I try to have kefir every day for good bacteria. Given up alcohol etc. I feel better for it.

insomniac1 · 14/09/2025 22:40

Check for H Pylori

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lorrepa · 14/09/2025 22:25

Putthekettleon73 · 14/09/2025 21:21

I think you should get it checked out as that sounds bacterial? but once you have and if there's nothing else going on then healing your gut sounds like a good idea. Sounds likes you've hammered your gut flora with lots of different extreme dieting. I would definitely see a GP to rule out anything more though.

Would eating be a mistake? Just something plain like chicken and rice?

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justasking111 · 14/09/2025 22:10

Dieting and gallbladder issues very common. Go see the GP. A scan is the best way to settle the question.

ToDamp0rNotToDamp · 14/09/2025 22:01

I had sulphurous burps mid-last year and turned out I had a gut infection! They came in waves, lasting for about a day. I’d speak to a GP just in case.

Barnbrack · 14/09/2025 21:59

lorrepa · 14/09/2025 21:29

I assumed nothing would help. Will get him to go out. Fingers crossed it will do the trick for me! Does it have to be the aniseed one? Thanks so much for your advice.

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Only the aniseed one works for me.

cinders222 · 14/09/2025 21:58

Try peppermint capsules. I get them occasionally on Mounjaro and it decreases them and if do burp its peppermint which is more pleasant

IsThisLifeNow · 14/09/2025 21:31

They are awful and I sympathise with you. I find taking a deep breath when you need a burp, then forcible exhale when you burp. Takes the taste away faster

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lorrepa · 14/09/2025 21:29

Barnbrack · 14/09/2025 21:24

Send your husband out now for gaviscon and tonic water. I swear you quality of life will improve massively. I couldn't live without them in. Flare up.

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I assumed nothing would help. Will get him to go out. Fingers crossed it will do the trick for me! Does it have to be the aniseed one? Thanks so much for your advice.

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Barnbrack · 14/09/2025 21:24

lorrepa · 14/09/2025 21:23

Thanks all you lovely people for talking this through with me. I’m a bit down as I don’t want to inflict myself on the rest of the family so have spent the day alone in my room

Send your husband out now for gaviscon and tonic water. I swear you quality of life will improve massively. I couldn't live without them in. Flare up.

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lorrepa · 14/09/2025 21:23

Thanks all you lovely people for talking this through with me. I’m a bit down as I don’t want to inflict myself on the rest of the family so have spent the day alone in my room

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Barnbrack · 14/09/2025 21:23

lorrepa · 14/09/2025 21:22

Yup it’s truly that bad. I have to hold my breath for 15 seconds with every burp and rinse my mouth with mouthwash. Horrible!

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Aniseed gaviscon masks the smell and taste brilliantly. Tonic water in between helps with that horrible feeling of having swallowed a brick. Seriously see your GP and ask for a gall bladder ultrasound.

Also those whose pals on mounjaro get it should do the same, any rapid weight loss massively increases risk of gallbladder disease

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lorrepa · 14/09/2025 21:22

Barnbrack · 14/09/2025 21:20

If you've never experienced sulphur burps it's hard to explain how bad it is, it's like shitting from your mouth, it's really upsetting and stomach churning.

Tonic water and aniseed gaviscon are a kust

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Yup it’s truly that bad. I have to hold my breath for 15 seconds with every burp and rinse my mouth with mouthwash. Horrible!

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Putthekettleon73 · 14/09/2025 21:21

I think you should get it checked out as that sounds bacterial? but once you have and if there's nothing else going on then healing your gut sounds like a good idea. Sounds likes you've hammered your gut flora with lots of different extreme dieting. I would definitely see a GP to rule out anything more though.

Barnbrack · 14/09/2025 21:20

lorrepa · 14/09/2025 21:16

Well each burp is catastrophic. I literally burp out the window as my poor hubby complained about the foul smell. it’s very unpleasant

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If you've never experienced sulphur burps it's hard to explain how bad it is, it's like shitting from your mouth, it's really upsetting and stomach churning.

Tonic water and aniseed gaviscon are a kust

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lorrepa · 14/09/2025 21:20

Gothamcity · 14/09/2025 21:17

If you have diarrhea too, you could have giardiasis. Which is horrible! Can lie dormant and go aware and then flare up again months later like you're describing so I'd contact gp if possible to rule this out as it won't go away without specific antibiotics. I caught this while travelling in Thailand, but wasn't unwell until we'd been home a while. The sulphur burps were absolutely disgusting, but the antibiotics got rid of the symptoms within 24 hours.

I don’t have any other symptoms at all. No one else in my family does either. I made a roast last night but the chicken was over cooked if anything

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Barnbrack · 14/09/2025 21:19

lorrepa · 14/09/2025 21:15

No not taking a glp 1 but I have lost around 50 pounds in the last year. My diet is all over the place as I try various ways of dieting. Plus I always feel like I’ve put my body under stress when I break my diet with a very heavy “cheat day”. But I was experiencing the opposite occasional bout of sulphur burps pre weight loss. They last a day and go

Yep, gall bladder, more likely to get stones after weight loss and when leading a low fat diet suddenly I fluxes of fat set it off. I've had a bad weekend after a slice of pepperoni pizza and some crisps this week when I've recently lost 2 stone on slimming world.

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lorrepa · 14/09/2025 21:19

Blankname22 · 14/09/2025 21:16

I had this recently after we had a slight tummy bug spread through the household.
Don't know if it's coincidence or not but I tried to reset my stomach microwhat ever they are called (brain fried and half asleep) , and had sour dough bread and yoghurt for the good bacteria and sulphur burps were gone by day 2. Its a sign all is not well and balanced.

This could make sense. I shudder to think about the health of my digestive system. I’ve tried all sorts in the last year to lose weight. Fasting, keto, juicing etc.

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Gothamcity · 14/09/2025 21:17

If you have diarrhea too, you could have giardiasis. Which is horrible! Can lie dormant and go aware and then flare up again months later like you're describing so I'd contact gp if possible to rule this out as it won't go away without specific antibiotics. I caught this while travelling in Thailand, but wasn't unwell until we'd been home a while. The sulphur burps were absolutely disgusting, but the antibiotics got rid of the symptoms within 24 hours.

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lorrepa · 14/09/2025 21:16

bridgetreilly · 14/09/2025 21:14

I don’t think it’s normal to feel that a day is ruined by having burps, nor to be devastated by that, no.

Well each burp is catastrophic. I literally burp out the window as my poor hubby complained about the foul smell. it’s very unpleasant

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Blankname22 · 14/09/2025 21:16

I had this recently after we had a slight tummy bug spread through the household.
Don't know if it's coincidence or not but I tried to reset my stomach microwhat ever they are called (brain fried and half asleep) , and had sour dough bread and yoghurt for the good bacteria and sulphur burps were gone by day 2. Its a sign all is not well and balanced.

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lorrepa · 14/09/2025 21:15

No not taking a glp 1 but I have lost around 50 pounds in the last year. My diet is all over the place as I try various ways of dieting. Plus I always feel like I’ve put my body under stress when I break my diet with a very heavy “cheat day”. But I was experiencing the opposite occasional bout of sulphur burps pre weight loss. They last a day and go

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