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Suggest Treatment For Gastritritis

Hi! So I have struggled for years with the unability to burp. The only way I can burp is to stick my finger down my throat to gag myself and then I will burp. This is a problem becuase I can't always just find a place to go stick my finger down my throat. Ive tried the over the counter gas medicines and one doctor even told me to stand on my head. All of them fail. Yes I did try standing on my head. The need to burp is uncomfortable and makes me sick. I don't really know what to do. Thanks
posted on Thu, 15 Jan 2015
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I really appreciate your concern, it is not necessary that one has to burp if you have swallowed some air during eating of had some diet which caused formation of gas or drank some aerated drink then one can burp else this is not necessary to happen, and never try to make it happen because if there is not collection of gas then you wont burp, if you are putting finger inside your throat then it may cause trauma, hope this information helps, take care.
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Suggest Treatment For Gastritritis

HI Well come to HCM I really appreciate your concern, it is not necessary that one has to burp if you have swallowed some air during eating of had some diet which caused formation of gas or drank some aerated drink then one can burp else this is not necessary to happen, and never try to make it happen because if there is not collection of gas then you wont burp, if you are putting finger inside your throat then it may cause trauma, hope this information helps, take care.