A very important study on fart retention...

[TreasonousBastard]

www.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpgi.2001.281.1.g138

Mechanisms of intestinal gas retention in humans: impaired propulsion versus obstructed evacuation.

To explore the clinical role of intestinal gas dynamics, we investigated two potential mechanisms of gas retention, defective propulsion and obstructed evacuation. In healthy subjects, a gas mixture was continuously infused into the jejunum (4 ml/min) 1) during a 2-h control period of spontaneous gas evacuation and 2) during a 2-h test period either with impaired gut propulsion caused by intravenous glucagon (n = 6) or with obstructed (self-restrained) anal evacuation (n = 10) while anal gas evacuation, sympton perception (0–6 scale), and abdominal girth were measured. Impaired gut propulsion and obstructed evacuation produced similar gas retention (558 ± 68 ml and 407 ± 85 ml, respectively, vs. 96 ± 58 ml control; P < 0.05 for both) and abdominal distension (8 ± 3 mm and 6 ± 3 mm, respectively, vs. 1 ± 1 mm control; P < 0.05 for both). However, obstructed evacuation increased symptom perception (2.3 ± 0.6 score change; P < 0.05), whereas gas retention in the glucagon-induced hypotonic gut was virtually unperceived (?0.4 ± 0.7 score change; not significant). In conclusion, the perception of intestinal gas accumulation depends on the mechanism of retention.

[LuckyCharms]

1. This is the kind of stuff that I like to read. n/t

[Lochloosa]

2. Informative and necessary study. Thanks.

[Orrex]

3. This too shall pass.

[California_Republic]

8. Ha!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. A "fart retention" is, by definition, not a fart ...

it might be called "a strained grimace".

But, that was a fine, if unintelligible, analysis. Bonus points for using the metric system, and not "cubic yards".

[Sailor65x1]

5. YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!

Unless you're in the spontaneous evacuation control group....

[FSogol]

6. Posts about Trump shouldn't be in the lounge.

[3auld6phart]

9. Good one

Thanks. I/we all needed a laugh.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Women don't retain intestinal gas. They absorb it.

[Binkie The Clown]

10. Ain't science wonderful? nt

[jpak]

11. Better out and bear the shame

Than keep it in and bear the pain...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. I wonder how they decided to do the study, and why.

And whether they occasionally collapse in uncontrollable laughter. How did they get people to volunteer for the fart experiments, which seemed to consist of filling them up with air and then noting what happens, like when you plow up a balloon and let it go. Did the subjects fly about the room, propelled by artificially-induced flatulence?

Did they get a grant for this study, maybe from the Bean & Cabbage Council?

[rami999]

13. gas

it is natural to have wind and there are many reasons why do we fart too much, how ever it may be abnormal if its is too much
Everybody is farting but some fart so much. Of course, one day you were inside a shop or an elevator and you wrinkled your nose because of bad smell. Would you ever think that the person did this is sick? It is a disgusting action and a funny one for other people, but actually it may be an illness needs cure. We have to admit the problem first then, try to solve it.
All of us give out from our body about half a liter gases daily, but there are times we exceed this amount. But there are some persons give out much more because of some troubles they have. Exaggerated gases inside the body are very uncomfortable for anyone, that’s why some people get rid of it wherever they are. In this article we will discuss the trouble, its causes and its treatments.