Tying to stop stomach rumbling

Hallo all

I’ve had a relatively mild case of Crohn’s for about 6 years now. I take probiotics and calcium, which seem to keep it under control for the most part (and, rarely, Entocort if I have flare-ups). Recently I even began to take enzymes and charcoal, which help prevent diarrhea.  For the most part I’m doing well, but one symptom I don’t seem to be able to shake is stomach rumbling. It is not painful, but extremely loud and embarrassing in public as you can imagine. Business meetings are the worst: just the anxiety that it might happen can make me appear uncalm. I often conclude meetings or 1:1 talks quickly just to avoid prolonged exposure to this “risk” and I’m sure there are people who think I am rude. 

Any remedies or supplements you are aware of that might help? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Castorp

Castorp, I am experiencing the same exact thing! It just started this week. Every time I eat, I have to listen to that grumbling gurgling sound for about a half hour. Sometimes it's uncomfortable, but most of the time it's just loud. I'm nervous that it could be indicative of a problem, but my fingers are crossed that it's not. I also take Probi's for now and Entocort when I flare. I wonder if I should start taking the Entocort....

Nanners, how would one know if they had a stricture and what does one do about it?

Well for me whenever I have had strictures in the past, my big symptoms were 1) My diet started getting really limited, and certain things would make me cramp and get nauseous really quickly after I ate, 2) Also, I had alot of nausea develop.  This last time I thought I had a stomach ulcer or something as after I ate anything, my stomach would just be in toil and turmoil, really upset.  I didn't even think it had anything to do with my Crohns, until I went to the doctor and he told me what he thought was going on and did a Small Bowel Follow Thru that confirmed it.

 

I have massive rumbling, on the Jejunum side its like a bathtub draining, on the ileum its a drip-drip rumbling (bad news). In top of that I get upper esophagus air that manifest in small burps or non-stop hiccups.

A lot of the rumbling occurs when the bowel is trying to move this air and settle it, so I do two things:

1) Before the meeting (at least 30 minutes) I drink broth or Ensure heated, this makes it down and displaces the rumbling in 15 minutes. If the rumbling is lower on the ileum or cecum then you will need to do it at least 60-90 minutes before the meeting. Obviously if you have several meetings a day this gets very complicated. So instead, have the broth or Ensure every two hours, I find that by the afternoon the intestines have settled with all this activity and there is less rumbling.

2) On the ileum, when I feel heavy distention, I apply my palm very gently to the bulge and move it in the direction that the gas wants to go, this neutralizes the rumbling, but oftentimes it comes back in 10 minutes and have to do it again.

Dogs get very confused when the high pitched rumblings occur: I swear it begins to sound like a Picolo Pete from the 4th of July !

The probiotics that I take: Live acidopholous yoghurt, bifidus pills and Yaklut L Casei Shirota.

In my case it always starts 2-3 hours after meals and late evenings, the intestines try to kickstart themselves but since they are narrowed and kinked you get these gurglings and displacements.

Post Edited (yohimbe) : 9/9/2010 1:45:39 PM (GMT-6)

I've had the rumble in the middle for years and nothing helps, sooo, I just sing back at it ...

I have had the loud stomach noises for years now.  It seems to be bad mid-morning and then after eating lunch.  My job requires me to be in meetings, interviews and other quiet settings when the rumbles seem to be at their loudest.  I have tried supplements, probiotics, enzymes, fish oil and other with no luck.  I start Remicade next week and am hoping that in the long run it will somehow quiet the noises.