Let’s start with the good news – belching after eating is not a bad health sign at all.
For example, swallowing air, eating too quickly, and the simple action of food hitting the acid in your stomach can all be benign causes.
Health care provider The Mayo Clinic states on its website that “excessive” belching is also common. Gastrogas changes “usually do not indicate a serious underlying condition and are often limited by simple lifestyle changes.”
Gastroenterologist Dr. However, Alison Schneider, MD, told The Cleveland Clinic health care provider that there is a “normal” amount and that significantly higher than the reg can be a sign that you need to see a doctor.
What is an “average?”
“Burping up to four times after eating is considered normal,” the doctor said.
This can sometimes increase depending on what food you ate and how you consumed it, he adds.
For example, “you’re more likely to swallow air and burp if you eat too fast, drink carbonated beverages, chew gum, suck on hard candy, drink through a straw, or have dentures that don’t fit well.”
Bonanza’s peculiar belching is probably harmless. But if it happens so often that it interferes with your daily life and/or if it is associated with other symptoms such as stomach pain, heartburn, bowel problems, bloating or pain, you may need to see your GP.
What can cause excessive belching?
If there are no other symptoms, but the belching is so frequent that it affects your quality of life, you may have aerophagia and supragastric belching, according to the health information site Medical News Today.
These are “conditions where a person consciously or unconsciously forces air into the esophagus.”
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and acid reflux may be to blame if you also have heartburn.
Gastritis, which can also cause excessive belching, “may be associated with upper abdominal pain or discomfort, feeling full soon after eating, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite,” said Dr. Schneider.
If this is accompanied by bloating, gas, abdominal pain, diarrhea or constipation, you may have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Excessive belching can also rarely be linked to more serious conditions such as stomach cancer (which can also make you feel full all the time, lose weight and be lethargic) and peptic ulcers (which “often feel like a burning pain in your stomach” NHS).
“If excessive belching or belching interferes with your daily life, or if this symptom is accompanied by pain or other symptoms, it may indicate another underlying condition requiring treatment,” said Dr. Schneider The Cleveland Clinic.
