Interesting Article: Stomach gurgling noises

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http://www.bodyecology.com/06/12/07/stomach_gurgling_good.php

Snip:

Gurgling sounds are actually the result of air and liquid in your bowels, which

move about by the contractions of your intestines. This is medically known as

peristalsis. The sounds can be heard with a stethoscope over your abdomen and

often, they are loud enough to be audible to people near you.

This same condition, although to a lesser degree, also occurs in your colon

(large intestine) and may be accentuated before a bowel movement.

Is Gurgling Good or Bad?

That gurgling noise is actually a good thing! If your abdomen is totally silent

most of the time, it may be an indicator of constipation.

Misty Kimble

CD - no meds

SCD - Jan 2008

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When I had my appendectomy, I and the other surgical patients were

subject to nurses running around with stethoscopes, listening to our

guts. When they started hearing sounds, we were allowed to go home

because they said this meant things were working again.

Snip: Gurgling sounds are actually the result of air and liquid in your

bowels, which move about by the contractions of your intestines. This is

medically known as peristalsis. The sounds can be heard with a

stethoscope over your abdomen and often, they are loud enough to be

audible to people near you.

This same condition, although to a lesser degree, also occurs in your

colon (large intestine) and may be accentuated before a bowel

movement.

Is Gurgling Good or Bad?

That gurgling noise is actually a good thing! If your abdomen is

totally silent most of the time, it may be an indicator of

constipation.

Misty Kimble