To look for your best trapped wind treatment

[silvershark22]

To be looking for your best trapped wind treatment. Have woken in agony and can now understand why babies scream.

If it’s not gone after 12 hours it’s not wind.

Thats what the surgeon told me as I took the pre-meds for appendix removal. I swear, appendicitis feels a lot like a very strong need to fart. I never threw up once. Low down, right hand side, hurts to press on but fucking agony when you remove your hand.

Also, as pps said, gall stones.

star anise tea, about 6 or 7 of them in a pint of boiled water let it cool and drink it.

Thanks all!

The pain is so unconfortable and am now runable to find a comfortable position.

Teaspoon of bicarb in a small glass of water. Knocked back as fast as possible because it’s rank.

OP - can you lift your right leg without pain? As if to take a step?

Can you hop on your right leg?

The recovery position helps me. I pull my knee up much higher than in the image tho.

For me yoga poses like downward dog really help.

Peptac and Acidex work really well. and movement.

Really not sure what's going on the pain hasn't't eased and if anything feels worse

Are you reading my posts OP?? Have you called 111?

As above. Check for appendicitis.

111 please.

Peppermint capsules, used them after operations too

I have a friend who is paralysed, he has his wind massaged out, I tried it once on myself and it sorted me out quite well. You essentially just massage the abdomen getting lower and lower, lay on a hard surface or you’ll just be pushing yourself into the mattress.

Phone 111 op as this has been a long time of pain and ask for advice

Have done 111 online thing and said should get a.call back

Buscopan not a good idea for trapped wind. It sort of does the opposite to what you want! You need the wind to find its way out, buscopan slows the bowel peristalsis (the way the bowel moves).

Deflatine is what you want, and the bum high up in the air!

Hang in the “touch your toes” position. Always works for me!

From reading these posts it seems different things work for different people. If I can get Buscopan straight away I can often stop the pain before it really kicks in, but a lot of these other tips don't work for me. Continuous walking is the only thing I can do, all these other exercises just do nothing at all and I need to be upright. Fizzy drinks or bicarb work, and the pain is so bad I take painkillers. Fortunately it never lasts long - I think one and a half hours is my record.

111 has made an appointment at OOH for 9.20. Hoping this is enough to sget the wind out of

Hot water bottle (on lower stomach) is the only thing that's worked for me. It's horrible! Honestly, trapped wind can feel almost as bad as contractions. Maybe a tens machine would help! lol

for future episodes/other people (realising it’s 111 for this one that could be serious) I really recommend Windeze. It’s one of our staple “must have in” medicines because for those rare days it really is the solution. One to put in the family medicine cupboard along with the painkillers and plasters.

I find lying on my front helps, I almost always release something a minute or so after I turn onto my front

Really hope you get sorted

My money is on gallstones sorry OP, it's classically mistaken for trapped wind in the first attacks - hopefully it'll pass soon