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I've never been able to burp. 
I'd never really given it much thought and considered it an amusing quirk until I recently stumbled on a BBC article about it, and it described how it cauess various issues that I've had my whole life and never understood. It had never once occurred to me they were from not being able to burp.
It's a condition called Retrograde Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction, and basically means the burp valve doesn't work. Your body tries to burp but when the air hits the valve, it doesn't open.
It must be rare as I've never met anyone else with it as far I know. I'm curious whether there are any PHers out there with the same thing?
I'd never really given it much thought and considered it an amusing quirk until I recently stumbled on a BBC article about it, and it described how it cauess various issues that I've had my whole life and never understood. It had never once occurred to me they were from not being able to burp.
It's a condition called Retrograde Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction, and basically means the burp valve doesn't work. Your body tries to burp but when the air hits the valve, it doesn't open.
It must be rare as I've never met anyone else with it as far I know. I'm curious whether there are any PHers out there with the same thing?
PlywoodPascal said:
Doofus said:
What happens if you drink a fizzy drink?
The first thing that happens is that I do a very loud involuntary hiccough Then I just drink it, the more I drink the more my stomach swells up and gets bloated. I then look like I’m pregnant.
PlywoodPascal said:
Doofus said:
But you don't stay bloated, surely?
Assuming you are also human, hence sharing the same physiology as me, I think you have sufficient intelligence to work this out I can burp, so that's how I relive bloating. I don't know how somebody who can't would do so.
Doofus said:
PlywoodPascal said:
Doofus said:
But you don't stay bloated, surely?
Assuming you are also human, hence sharing the same physiology as me, I think you have sufficient intelligence to work this out I can burp, so that's how I relive bloating. I don't know how somebody who can't would do so.
I wasn’t trying to be a dick, just a dry sense of humour. I’m sorry, I thought the main mechanism would be fairly obvious. I dare say some gas is absorbed into bodily fluids and just diffuses out, too, though.
rallye101 said:
Can you fart like a trooper?
Absolutely. 
PlywoodPascal said:
Doofus said:
What happens if you drink a fizzy drink?
The first thing that happens is that I do a very loud involuntary hiccough Then I just drink it, the more I drink the more my stomach swells up and gets bloated. I then look like I’m pregnant.
It was always a problem when out drinking. Sometimes I was fine but other times I can have 2 or 3 pints and then really physically struggle to to drink anything else. I eventually figured out a technique which looks and sounds like throwing up but because the valve doesn't work properly the only thing that comes up is air. It's the only way to force the air out.
After learning about this I found a subreddit called noburp and it turns out I'm not alone on that, and they call it "air vomiting". It's not exactly something you can do discreetly though.
durbster said:
I've never been able to burp.
I'd never really given it much thought and considered it an amusing quirk until I recently stumbled on a BBC article about it, and it described how it cauess various issues that I've had my whole life and never understood. It had never once occurred to me they were from not being able to burp.
It's a condition called Retrograde Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction, and basically means the burp valve doesn't work. Your body tries to burp but when the air hits the valve, it doesn't open.
It must be rare as I've never met anyone else with it as far I know. I'm curious whether there are any PHers out there with the same thing?
Well if it makes you feel any better i can burp the national anthem!I'd never really given it much thought and considered it an amusing quirk until I recently stumbled on a BBC article about it, and it described how it cauess various issues that I've had my whole life and never understood. It had never once occurred to me they were from not being able to burp.
It's a condition called Retrograde Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction, and basically means the burp valve doesn't work. Your body tries to burp but when the air hits the valve, it doesn't open.
It must be rare as I've never met anyone else with it as far I know. I'm curious whether there are any PHers out there with the same thing?
I was the same until I tried my first smoke of the devil's lettuce.
Something relaxed in me and suddenly I was able to burp. I can't do it on command like some wrongun's but I can burp after a fizzy drink now.
Prior to this if I was out drinking, I'd feel incredibly sick about 4 pints in and the gas would come up as I was being sick - very artistic it was too.
Thanks weed!
Something relaxed in me and suddenly I was able to burp. I can't do it on command like some wrongun's but I can burp after a fizzy drink now.
Prior to this if I was out drinking, I'd feel incredibly sick about 4 pints in and the gas would come up as I was being sick - very artistic it was too.
Thanks weed!
PlywoodPascal said:
What are the ways you know for stuff that goes into your digestive system but is not absorbed to get out again?
I wasn’t trying to be a dick, just a dry sense of humour. I’m sorry, I thought the main mechanism would be fairly obvious. I dare say some gas is absorbed into bodily fluids and just diffuses out, too, though.
Do you have fizzy jizz?I wasn’t trying to be a dick, just a dry sense of humour. I’m sorry, I thought the main mechanism would be fairly obvious. I dare say some gas is absorbed into bodily fluids and just diffuses out, too, though.
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