My boyfriend has a strange condition that affects him every so often. There is a stabbing pain in his abdomen and a pressure in his chest. He’s been to many doctors and none of them can figure out what causes it or have given him any sort of medication to help him. He’s found that burping helps alleviate the chest pressure and also makes his abdomen feel a bit better. Is there any sort of drink or food or some technique that we could do that would help him to burp more often?
Thanks.
Soda makes me burp. My disgusting little kids can burp at will by swallowing air. I have no idea how they do that.
I am loathe to suggest something as simple as an antacid, since it seems entirely too obvious that what you are describing is gas.
Surely this has been tried?
Coca-Cola guarantees many burps.
Ever tried tapping his back, like people do with babies? It works like a charm with my 4 month old, I don’t see why it shouldn’t work on an adult too.
Put him over your shoulder and walk up and down the stairs a couple of times - works on my son.
Eat a banana and chug a Coke™. He’ll burp like it’s going out of style (if he doesn’t puke first).
Speaking as a disgusting little 24 year old, the secret to burping at will is to suck air in to your stomach by expanding your chest just like you’re taking a deep breath while simultaneously dropping the your throat (in an extended swallowing motion) so your epiglottis opens slightly and lets air down both pipes.
Experts arealso able to use this method to break wind at will. After a delay, of course.
Sounds very much like a hiatus hernia I think he should have an endoscopy to check this out and the drug omeprazole should be prescribed in most of these cases.
quite a common thing these days but can be controlled.
Get him to do sit-ups, it’ll probably squeeze the gas out & you get abs as a bonus
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Hiatal hernia.
Pat your belly and after a while it’ll come. It’s the same thing with patting a cake batter to get the air bubbles out.
This thread was started in 2003. I doubt he’s still suffering from this 14 years later.
Am I late?
Philuk! You dog! 
Here are some acupressure points to help you burp ,they really work !
Acupressure treatments would help too , my mom would burp like crazy when she had treatments . I use the points on my legs when I get gas and it helps me burp.
At times I have the feeling of being bloated. While I do have a hiatal hernia, I don’t know if it’s related. One thing that seems to relieve the pressure is chewing gum. After about an hour of chewing most if not all of the bloated feeling has gone.
Does he also have any problems with reflux?
I suffer from exactly this problem - the pain is debilitating when it happens - it feels like a spike has been driven right through me from front to back.
Drinking something carbonated, or a fizzy antacid solution (bicarb) usually allows me to burp and this relieves the symptoms.
If no soda or other drinks are available, the only thing that works is to drink a lot of water, lie down on my back and roll from side to side slowly to try to allow the gas to find its way out.
Wow, don’t even wanna think about zombie gas.
Carminative:
As you’ll see in the Wikipedia entry, there are many. Licorice is one that seems to help me, although I’d suggest you look into it further before trying any of them.