Lack of control over release of gas

Symptoms and treatments
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Hi Everyone,

Apologies, if this sounds trivial and petty as many of you suffer great deal in comparison to me, but over past few months I have noticed I have difficulties to hold in a gas. It sometime comes out without me even noticing it’s just ‘behind the door’.
If I can feel it’s on the way I vacate the room but today I release the gas in the office when you could hear a pin drop. I’ve apologised but still very embarrassing. It’s not that I needed to use bathroom - when it come to that, I do not hang around.
Have any of you noticed the same?
Is there anything one can do in addition to what I’m already doing - pelvic floor excesses every morning before I get out from my bed, weather permitted I go for walk in the morning before I start working from home and if weather is good I go for walk lunchtime to keep my guts moving. I have had skipped few days of my physio and excesses I do in the evening because of recent fatigue and because of bad weather we have experienced recently I have not been able to do much of walking, which usually deals with this rather embarrassing issue when I’m around people. I do have lazy bowels and notice if I’m not physically busy, exercises of any kind I get constipated.
I feel mortified after today’s disturbance in the office.
I will speak to my MS nurse as I’m having my review next Monday what Nadine can offer as a treatment or management.
All the best

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If my nethers were attached to a turbo-generator they could synchronise me to the grid and light half the town. Which is ok - farting is usually the sign of a gut microbiome in robust health - but I do wish I was better at holding it in when politesse demands. No more Pilates classes for me, I’m afraid. I’m sure it’s an MS thing. I was always gassy, but I used to have more say in the matter than Ido now.

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Oh god yes to the above and my stomach growls so loudly until I relieve said fart or worse! :woman_facepalming:t2::joy:

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Good grief yes, if not gas escaping randomly then the mad gurgling from my insides - today they have been particularly ‘vocal’.

I go for tactical loo breaks, just to vent gas half the time.

Charcoal tablets for bloating/flatulence can be helpful.