2006-10-14 15:53:47 · 15 answers · asked by baby girl 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
"Burp!"
You cover your mouth with your hand, but it's too late. The people at the next table in the lunchroom already heard. As you turn back to your soda, you think: Where did that burp come from?
A burp — sometimes called a belch — is nothing but gas. When you eat or drink, you don't just swallow food or liquid. You also swallow air at the same time. The air we breathe contains gases, like nitrogen (say: ny-truh-jen) and oxygen (say: ahk-sih-jen).
Sometimes when you swallow these gases, they need to get out. That's where burping comes in! Extra gas is forced out of the stomach, up through the esophagus (say: ih-sah-fuh-gus, the tube for food that connects the back of the throat to the stomach), and out of the mouth as a burp.
Some kids find that drinking soda or other carbonated beverages makes them burp more. Can you guess why? If you're thinking that it's because these drinks contain extra gas, you're right! The gas that makes the drinks fizzy is carbon dioxide (say: kar-bon dy-ahk-side), another gas that can bring on big burps. Sometimes eating or drinking too fast can make a person burp because this can send extra air into the stomach. The same thing happens when you drink through a straw: extra air in = more burps out.
Burping is almost never anything to worry about. Everybody does it at least once in a while, and it's very unusual for burping to mean something is wrong in a kid's body. What can you do if you're around people and you feel a burp coming on?
It seems like the only people who can get away with really loud burps are little babies — their parents cheer when they burp because it means that the babies won't feel the extra gas in their stomachs and cry. But unless you're tiny and bald, it's probably a good idea to be polite when it's time to burp. Try to burp quietly and cover your mouth. Of course, whether your burp is loud or quiet, saying "excuse me" can't hurt either.
2006-10-14 15:56:32 · answer #1 · answered by Blondie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Burping brings the air bubbles that babies get in their tummies from sucking, out of their tummies where they cause tummy aches.
You don't have to "thump" the baby on the back - you can gently pat or rub the back and this should bring up any bubbles.
2006-10-14 15:57:27 · answer #2 · answered by dddanse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to, you can swallow air and let out a huge whopping burp just to annoy your grandma. That's one purpose.
2006-10-14 16:03:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
properly, i in basic terms did it and that i'm attempting to examine what i did. first, suck air into your esophagus and carry it there. that's in all probability the area you're having difficulty with. then permit the air out as you may the different burp. have exciting!
2016-10-16 05:09:47 · answer #4 · answered by ridinger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BURP!!
2016-06-26 04:46:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of burbing is that burbing gets rid of excesse carbon dioxide that is in the body
2006-10-14 16:39:06 · answer #6 · answered by Quarion Silverdusk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get air out of your digestive tract. So you can digest better w/o getting gas, and so you can eat more (makes more room by clearing air out)
2006-10-14 15:56:06 · answer #7 · answered by izzy5_rose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To let gas come out from your stomach or chest, sometimes you feel pain in your chest and you burt and feel better.
2006-10-14 15:56:56 · answer #8 · answered by Boricua Born 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just your bodies way of dealing with excess gas.
2006-10-14 15:56:23 · answer #9 · answered by Ms. H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every burp is one less fart. If you don't burp it you will later fart it.
So which will it be?
2006-10-14 16:14:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋