• 1 Burping id usually a normal bodily process that enable air to be brought up and released from the stomach.  The produces a distinctive sound. Although burping is perfectly natural, it can cause embarrassing and discomfort  Every time a person swallows fluid or food, air is also swallowed excess air may by swallowed.

• When an individual eats or drinks so quickly, talks while they are eating, smokes, suchs on hard sweets, chews gum, or drinks fizzy drinks, FOR EXAMPLE. The unconscious swallowing of air is referred as aerophages

• The condition gastroesophageal reflux disease ( GERD ) can also have the effect. Stomach acid moving up into esophagus may cause a person to keep swallowing in order to clear it, leading to more air being swallowed and therefore belching. In some cause, people swallow air simply as a nervous habit other conditions that can lead to burping  include gastritis, Where the stomach lining becomes inflamed or HELICOBACTER PYLORI infection which caused stomach ulcers, indigestion and heartburn may also be relieved by burping 

Self ------ help Techniques 

Technique and recommendations for releiving burping include the following

•  Lying on one side or with the knees drawn towards the chest until gas is passed 
• Avoiding eating foods and beverages known to producers gas 
• Avoiding eating quickly. Individual should take their time to eat, which reduces the amount of air swallowed 
• Avoiding drinking fizzy drinks carbonated drinks release carbon dioxide 
• Avoiding charing gum, since this enables people to swallow more often they usually would and part of what is swallowed is air
• Refraining from sm. As smoke is inhaled during smoking, air also inhaled and swallowed
• Avoiding sucking hard sweets. This also causes a person to swallow more often 
• Checking dentiures l. Dentures that do not fit properly can lead to a person swallowing more air when they consume food or drink 
• Treating heartburn. Over-the-counter medications are ab for occasional and mild heartburn.  If a person has GFRD, medications or other treatments may be prescribed 

Air accumulating in the stomach causes it to stretch, which causes the muscle at the bottom end of the food pipe ( esophagus ) to relax. Air can than more from the stomach and pass along the esophagus and out of the mouth

When to seek Help

Burping is almost always a minor problem, but if it persists or is accompanied by other symptoms, medical attention should be sought. To try and determine the cause of the burping, a doctor will ask how often the problem occurs, whether there is a pattern to the belching, such as it happening after eating or drinking or when feeling nervous, and whether or not any other symptoms are present. In some cases, further tests may be required depending on what is established during  the initial assessment 

• Burping is usually caused by swalkowing air when eating or drinking and subsequently expelling it, in which case the expelled gas is mainly a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen
• Burps can be caused by drinking beverages containing carbon dioxide, such as beer and soft drinks, in which case the expelled gas is mainly carbon dioxide.
• Diabetes drugs such as metformin and exenatide can cause burping, especially at higher doses. This often resolves im a few weeks.