How To Get Rid Of Sulphur Burps?
• Remove as much as possible sulphur containing foods from your diet. This may reduce sulphur smell of burps and gas in a day or two. After that, you will still need to find the cause of belching or gas themselves. • If you suspect you might have celiac disease, besides the low-sulphur diet, try a gluten-free diet (no wheat, barley and rye). If your symptoms disappear or lessen considerably within a week or two, this speaks for celiac disease. • If you have history of peptic ulcer, stomach burning, gastric reflux and heartburn, visit a gastroenterologist and ask for a breath test for Helycobacter pylori. This bacterium is a common cause of sulphur burps. Treatment is with 7 or 10 day course of antibiotics. • If you are bloated and have excessive foul smelling gas or loose stools with mucus, ask your doctor for a stool test for ova and parasites (O&P) since you may have infection with a parasite giardia. Treatment is with anti-parasitic drugs. • If you suspect Crohn’s disease – symptoms
