Bloating Why do women suffer more from Gas & Bloating;

Bloating Why do women suffer more from Gas & Bloating;

Bloating

Why do women suffer more from Gas & Bloating;

Reasons and Easy solutions:

If you are 40 plus and you have a desk job then bloating and gas should be a common problem you must be encountering on daily basis.

And the problem is more severe if you are a female.

There are many reasons for the women in 40’s to suffer from bloating more than men.

First is, women despite shorter heights, have longer colon (large intestine) than men to absorb more fluids during the pregnancy. Due to this there is sometimes loop formation in the colon due to filling up of the gas and stool. And sometimes when undigested food gets stuck up in these loops there is lot of gas formation happens behind these loops causing lots of pain and discomfort.

Second is, women reproductive organs are much larger in the size than the men and women have more rounded and deeper pelvis. Because of the deeper pelvis, longer colon and larger reproductive organs women have more twists and turns making it more prone to loops formations, crowding and bloating.

Third is, hormonal differences in women and men. Men having higher values of testosterone makes their abdominal wall more muscular and well defined thus less prone to loop formation whereas females have less testosterone and more oestrogen because of which endometriosis and uterine fibroids happens causing extra pressure on the abdomen.

Saying above does not mean there is no hope for you ladies.

It may take a bit extra effort for a doctor to diagnose the problem and you have to make some extra bit to cure the problem, but given the right understanding of female anatomy and making necessary dietary and lifestyle changes with age can help in complete recovery.