Doctor reveals terrifying reason why you should never hold gas – the toxins could end up in your MOUTH

If you’re suffering from gas, it’s much better to go outside than inside, a top doctor has warned.

That’s because if you don’t let one rupture, the volume of gas can stretch the delicate tissues in the rectum, leading to serious digestive diseases.

Furthermore, according to NHS surgeon Dr Karan Rajan, there can be some rather horrific consequences.

During a recent podcast, Dr. Rajan explained that if you don’t release the gas from your buttocks, it can lead to it getting into your mouth.

In other words, the smelly toxins can end up in your breath.

“A fart is a gas, it’s a chemical, it’s a lot of chemicals,” Rajan told listeners of the Modern Wisdom podcast.

“And when you hold in a fart, there is a percentage of that fart vapor that will pass through the walls of the colon and through the walls of the intestines and eventually go into your bloodstream.

‘All the blood circulates and eventually goes to the lungs where the waste products are exhaled.’

“You’re literally breathing out fart fumes if you hold it in,” he added.

The video was also shared on the Gut Health and Nutrition Instagram page @gutelevatewhich explained that the main gases in your intestines are nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, methane and hydrogen.

All these gases are absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestines.

Once in the bloodstream, these gases circulate to the lungs, where they are ultimately exhaled when you exhale.

This process is known as pulmonary reabsorption and can cause a slight odor in your breath.

Holding in for too long can also cause bloating and nausea, and the gas can eventually escape through an uncontrollable fart.

It can also damage your intestines.

Professor Clare Collins from Newcastle University has found that the increase in pressure in your rectum can increase your chance of developing a painful condition called diverticulitis.

The professor of nutrition and dietetics wrote in The conversation that the condition causes small pockets to form in the intestinal wall that become inflamed.

Symptoms include pain that gets worse after you empty your bowels, constipation, bloating, and blood in your stool.

Although flatulence is a normal biological function, excessive or particularly smelly outbursts can be a sign of something more serious, such as inflammatory bowel disease or even colon cancer.

Smelly wind can also be a side effect of some medications, such as laxatives, statins, antifungal medications, and even anti-inflammatory medications such as ibuprofen.

The NHS advises people to seek medical advice from their GP if they notice a persistent change in their wind that worries them.

But if you want to avoid smelly gases, the NHS suggests eating smaller meals, drinking and chewing slowly, exercising regularly and drinking peppermint tea.