What causes a person to burp the odor of very strong, rotten stomach acid?

Question

This is not a joke. He burps at least 5 to 10 times per hour and it is very offensive. The odor is nauseating and it makes me feel like I am going to throw up. It smells like rotten stomach acid. Now he passes rotten smelling gas and the odor stays in his underwear. Its rancid! I can smell his acidy gas odor in my recliner chair where he sat last evening for 2 hours watching TV. I am seriously thinking about throwing it out.
I have smelled some pretty rotten things before because I am a nurse, but this is way out of anything I have ever seen. Where do you think the problem is. I know it is not normal to burp up stomach acid over and over and over and he keeps saying "excuse me". Do you think he may have some type of digestive disorder?

Answer 1

Sounds like a couple of things...but the most obvious to me is the small intestine's bacterial overgrowth prematurely fermenting food. The most common cause of bad breath is the poor digestion of food. This results in undigested food being fermented in the intestines. The odor is capable of escaping back up through the mouth from the intestinal tract....or it can cause an uncomfortable bloating in the abdominal region and lead to flatulence.

Some other causes: Acid Reflux Disease, ulcers, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Crohn's Disease, even Diabetes. Advise the gentleman to have a G.I. series performed if he hasn't already.

I've heard of people using baking soda and water as a home remedy when the cramps and foul-smelling gas explusion begins.

Best of luck - that's has got to be a real pain to experience and to be around.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Bad indigestion can cause the stomach acids to come up and cause a foul odor. The best bet is to see a gastroenterologist. He will give a thorough check-up to see nothing more serious is causing the problem. He would recommend a diet that helps eliminate the belching and acid reflux. If the burps are a compulsive disorder he may need to see a therapist.

Answer 4

Acid Burps

Answer 5

I have a friend who this happens to about once every 3 months. She'll be burping up the worst rotten egg smell every 10 minutes for a couple of days, and then it just stops. It's the wierdest thing. Except she doesn't pass gas on the other end with that same offensive odor, she only burps it up. She doesn't complain of any ill feeling in her tummy, and she has never went to check it out, probrably because it doesn't last very long.It's quite disturbing if you think about it, because not only does she have to constantly smell it, but she said it tastes just as foul as it smells. I hope you find a cure to this dilema.Good Luck.

Answer 6

Ehm..
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Answer 7

Not eating along with a gassy stomach can make it happen, eat healthy. It also may be a little acid reflux, if it continues I would see a Doctor if you still feel like it's something serious.

Answer 8

he needs to go to the doctor right now! there is a specific kind of bacteria that can grow in a persons stomache causing foul gas/ burping (my grandmother had it)she went to kaiser and the gave her medicine. a special kind of antibiotc. she was cured.please dont delay the concquences could be quite severe!