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Are You The One That Farts In Public? Read This
~2.7 mins read
I was in preparation meeting for a planned conference.
In an interface with the ‘big people’, all was seemingly moving well until someone released a ‘bombardier’ into the atmosphere in form of an awful stench.
 
Unfortunately, in a setting where the ‘bombardier’ was released in a silent mode, all of us became suspects.
While some feigned nothing had happened, others walked out in expressed disgust only to return minutes later.
I stayed put in thought unsure what is the best action to take lest you could be wrongly labelled-owa bomu (loosely meaning the ‘The one of the BOMB’
Bits of YOU
I have been in the presence of colleagues debating what’s worse: releasing gas (fart) in silent mode to no one’s notice, or allowing the burden to excuse self from gathering, walk through rows of people to let it out in isolation with its natural bounce (sound)
This piece will offer some remedies.
Dr. Paul Kasenene of Wellness Care says such discomfort is at times normal, but shares certain conditions worsen them.
“When you build up gas in your stomach, it’s a normal thing but the body expels it through belching or flatulence (farting),” he explained.
“If it’s in the upper digestive system like the stomach, it usually called gas and it can be expelled through belching. But if it goes down the lower intestines or colon then that is through the back, it’s called farting or flatulence.”
Often time people hear rumbling sounds in the stomach which Dr. Kasenene says are medically called borboridimy and are basically what you hear when your intestines are moving.
They can be caused by a build up of gas among other factors.
He says, when the body realises that there’s gas, at a certain point the intestines have to move automatically to expel the gas.
It is therefore in such situations where you can’t really control it because the gas has to be expelled.
Other causes, he said, could include incomplete food digestion.
People who don’t digest food very well or have slow digestion usually present incomplete digestion which builds up gas or could be a factor of inflammation.
Doctors caution if not dealt with it can build up a clog and builds up gas inside the stomach.
Be concerned if these three are associated with pain, running stomach, constipation, blood in the stool or abnormal symptoms.
MIND YOUR FOOD
Food sensitivity or intolerance to certain types of food is a recipe for disaster, says Dr. Kasenene.
“The most common tend to be gluten which is a protein in wheat/barley, beer, diary products, casein protein which is hard to digest or lactose and they’ll build up gas”.
Other foods that could trigger flatulence include groundnuts, eggs, soya or certain types of fish.
He strongly advises against consumption of foods that tend to cause inflammation in the bowl and the resultant effect is gas -/produced and bloating.
 Dr. Paul Kasenene’s Preventive Measures
– Make sure you eat regularly
-Eat smaller amounts to allow proper digestion
-By eating smaller amounts of food and chewing food more thoroughly digestion will begin from the mouth and less is done in the stomach and intestines.
-Avoid eating large chunks to prevent incomplete digestion.
-Avoid talking as you eat so that it allows less gas in the stomach and more complete digestion
-Drink enough water away from meals because dehydration can be associated with those abnormal sounds and accumulation of gas
– Consider taking probiotics- these are healthy bacteria.
-Taking probiotics and eating probiotic rich foods like fermented foods
 
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UAE BANS ENTRY OF PASSENGERS FROM UGANDA,15 OTHER COUNTRIES.
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The United Arab Emirates has banned entry into the country, passengers travelling from 16 countries in the world, Uganda inclusive over Coronavirus.

The countries from which whose passengers has been banned by AE include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Indonesia, Liberia, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Zambia.

“The current development on the Covid- 19 pandemic leads the UAE to impose new flight and passengers’ restrictions. The UAE government is closely monitoring the situation and will provide further updates and instructions as necessary,” a circular by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said.

According to the circular, the move has been made in a bid to harmonise flight and passenger restrictions from the countries but noted this will not affect diplomats and those suffering from medical emergencies.

“All other previously stated travel protocols — including allowing entry only to UAE citizens, diplomats, golden and silver residency visa holders — will remain in place. Private charter jet regulations still hold, with no more than eight passengers allowed to travel per flight,” GCAA noted.

“Confirmed Covid-19 patients or those who have come in close contact with Covid-19 patients should generally remain in place and not travel until they meet the criteria for discontinuing isolation or quarantine period based on national protocol of the country they are in,” stated the circular.

“This includes UAE national passengers who wish to return home or those planning to travel to other countries.”

The development comes days after government through the Ministry of Health ordered fresh mandatory Covid-19 tests for all workers flying abroad.

The move was necessitated by reports of unscrupulous behavior by some labour firms were colluding with travel agents and unscrupulous people to forge Covid-19 test results.

In one incident, 185 out of 319 passengers that flew from Uganda to Dubai between June 6 and 7, 2021 tested positive on arrival in the United Arab Emirates capital despite having presented negative PCR Covid-19 results at Entebbe.

It was found out that after displaying negative Covid-19 test results at Entebbe Airport, on retesting at their final destinations, they test positive and this cast doubt in Uganda’s health system.

Investigations also found out that Covid-19 samples being referred to government-accredited testing public and private laboratories have on several occasions been tampered with whereas there have also been numerous attempts to hack into the government central Covid-19 results dispatch system so that the names of travellers and their results are simply entered into the system without undergoing testing.

Government consequently, directed that all migrant workers be tested again at arrival at Entebbe Airport prior to flying out.

“This exercise is being undertaken to protect the credibility of our health system at meeting international obligations and to deter further blacklisting of our country from travel arrangements,” Dr. Diana Atwine , the Health Ministry Permanent Secretary said earlier this month.

UAE is a destination for many Ugandans, especially migrant workers who fly to the Middle East country on a daily basis.

Data from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development indicates that 12,000 Ugandans leave for the Middle East every year in search for jobs.

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