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How is a gas created in the gastrointestinal system? One way that gas gets trapped is when you eat too fast or swallow hard. The effect when this happens is food will not digest properly and big pieces of food will get trapped in the large intestine. Then the food will sit causing very bad stomach pain. According to Johns Hopkins University, ''The undigested or unabsorbed food, then passes into the large intestine were safe and harmless bacteria breaks down the food." The only way to get rid of this is to drink plenty of fluids and use any medicine containing simethicone Another way this is caused is swallowing water very fast this can also cause pain in the stomach. (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/digestive_disorders/gas_in_the_digestive_tract_85,P00369)The gas needs to leave your body somehow. Some medicine is made to help people get rid of large amounts of trapped gas. The drug Simethicone helps people get rid of trapped gas. Some medicine will try to prevent gas, but simethicone gets rid of trapped gas …show more content…

According to Web MD.com, simethicone is a common drug that can get rid of trapped gas. Simethicone gets rid of trapped gas by breaking down gas bubbles into smaller pieces. if drinking to many carbonated bubbles the simethicone will keep them from bursting and causing pain, can be relieved by burping and passing gas more than normal .How are bubbles made with soap like trapped gas in the stomach? They are like this because both the gas and soapy bubbles will pop easy and fast the contrast is one will hurt, and one will not, and both stay on the

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