What’s Making You Burp?
Beverage Burps
Ulcers
How You Eat
Lactose Intolerance
Acid Reflux
Spicy or High-Acid Foods
Asthma
Sugar-Free Candy and Gum
Too Much Fructose
Postnasal Drip
Stress
Hiatal Hernia
Too Much Gut Bacteria
Infection
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SOURCES:
KidsHealth.org: “Why Do I Burp?”
Amirian College of Gastroenterology: “Digestive Health Tips,” “Lactose Intolerance in Children.”
Canadian Society of Intestinal Research: “Intestinal Gas from Complex Carbohydrates or Lactose Intolerance.”
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery: “Post-Nasal Drip.”
Mayo Clinic: “Belching, Intestinal gas and Belching: Tips for Reducing them,” “Home Remedies: Gas, belching and bloating,” “Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), “Pancreatitis,” “Hiatal hernia.”
World Journal of Gastroenterology: “Belching, regurgitation, chest tightness and dyspnea: Not gastroesophageal reflux disease but asthma.”
Medical Center, University of Freiberg: “Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.”
The Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry: “Aerophasgia as the Initial Presenting Symptom of a Depressed Patient.”
Dietitians of Canada: “Got Gas? Find Out Why and How to Control It.”
NHS: “Stomach ulcer.”
Columbia University/Go Ask Alice: “Burping A Lot and I Want to Stop.”
Johns Hopkins Medicine: “Hiatal Hernia,” “Helicobacter pylori.”
CDC: “Helicobacter pylori.”
Cedars-Sinai: “Treatment for Acute Pancreatitis.”