Cut down on those peanuts!

I love nuts!

She looked distressed as she walked in. She was in her fifties and a housewife. She had this aching pain just below her rib for the last one day. The pain was worst at night and it came on and off and relieved a little when she just sat down quietly. It did look like this pain was worrying her.

She had a history of all sorts of pain, looking at her record and some doctors had also prescribed "those little heart pills" to be placed under the tongue whenever she had left sided chest pain. But she said this pain was different, it seemed to "expand" within you... Ahah, I decided to engage her along that line... the pain appeared "colicky" and was it better after she passed motion? Was it better after she passed wind ?(flatus in our medical jargon). She agreed wholeheartedly.... and what have you eaten prior to this pain coming on?..... a lot of nuts, peanuts...... Madame, this type of food does produce a tremendous amount of gas in your intestines.... the so-called "expanding" pain relieved by passing wind (farting.. in lay man term) points to this condition.

Medication will relieve temporarily but you have to manage the offending agents. Eat in moderation and reduce those gas-producing foods like peanuts,beans, jackfruit etc .. etc.. I have heard people say they are not feeling well because "air" (angin in Malay) has entered their body... how apt in this case!