Everybody passes wind. It is a natural bodily function, and anybody who says they don't do it is lying. Some people may not do it in public, everybody does it in their sleep, and some do it more than others, but we all do it!
So why then, is it so embarassing when it happens? The truth of the matter is that generally it smells. But here's the thing, some smell worse than others don't they? It is not simply the production of methane, produced as food breaks down in the gut. Along with it there are other particles with a far more repulsive smell.
I find that when I am in an active flare up, I could definately win an olympic gold for farting! I have a number of little anecdotes which may lighten the mood a little for those of us that find the subject of Inflammatory Bowel Disease nothing but doom and gloom.
Often I do my best not to release the obnoxious fumes which constantly build up in my gut when anybody else is around. More often than not, I find it happens all on it's own!
Sometimes I have to be content in managing to get to a deserted corridor before allowing the cloud of stink.
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