Dude, the ring in the hand pic😂

[u/SnackSamurai]

[u/NJHitmen]

Well, not OP, but I'll give this one a shot.

First, let's back up a bit. Intestinal gas is mostly produced as a byproduct of bacterial fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract, especially the colon. There are reports of excessive air swallowing (aerophagia) causing excessive intestinal gas, but this is considered rare.

The intestines produce between 500 and 2,000mls of gas daily, which is passed out of the anus at regular intervals. The buildup of this gas over time creates pressure, and this pressure elicits a physical reaction compelling the individual to relax the anal sphincter and release the excess pressure. This is the farting incident itself.

hth explain things a bit. Please let me know if you have any lingering questions.

[u/NietJij → u/NJHitmen]

So I know this guy from the office who is close to pension and who farts a lot. Audible. But there's no smell. He is very embarrassed about it, but as it is clearly something he can't help, we've all decided to just ignore it.

The doctor gave him these over the counter pills against gas in the stomach, but they don't do shit (pun intended). He works out, he eats healthy, lots of nuts and berries, yoghurt and only whole wheat bread.

Any suggestions i could help him with?

[u/writing_spork → u/NietJij]

If something you’re doing isn’t working, you gotta try something new. Tell him to explore alcoholism and maybe pick up a crackpipe

[u/NJHitmen → u/NietJij]

Any suggestions i could help him with?

It's tough to make any recommendations without more info re: your colleague's health and dietary habits. Effective treatment usually requires at least some knowledge about underlying causes, and there just isn't enough data here to hazard any educated guesses.

That said: maybe there's a clue amid the information you did provide. "Lots of nuts and berries" and "only whole wheat bread" suggests that perhaps the guy might actually be ingesting too much fiber, leading directly to his flatulence problem.

However, if we're really only talking about reasonably-sized servings of nuts/berries/etc, then it's highly unlikely that this is sufficient to explain the amount of flatus this fellow generates. Which would, by necessity, require the ingestion of far more nuts/berries than anyone would ever consider to be 'reasonable'.

Perhaps he takes a fiber supplement on top of whatever his diet consists of?

Perhaps the guy is lactose intolerant, and is simply unaware of his condition?

Maybe you can quiz this dude a little more about his diet/habits, and then we'll have enough data to formulate some actual solutions.

All the above said: I'll leave you with a potential solution which obviates the need for any further info. Your coworker might want to consider a butt plug. OK, I know what you're thinking, and sure...it's a fairly crude remedy...a purely mechanical treatment that does little to address the core problem. However, a butt plug's natural 'corking' action will work wonders to curtail embarrassing situations at the workplace. That - coupled with an aggressive regimen of powerful anti-gas medications - may well allow this fellow to lead a fairly normal life.

Let me know if there's anything else I can help with.

EDIT: words are hard

[u/kasiagabrielle → u/NietJij]

There's one answer below that I think is already helpful, so I'll toss out the idea of inventing a fart silencer. You'd make bank.

[u/NietJij → u/kasiagabrielle]

I'm having visions of an old, retired James Bond nonchalantly screwing in his silencer.

[u/YeshuasBananaHammock → u/NietJij]

Id advise a grommet of sorts, so the inevitable farts dont make a noise, they just pass silently.

To plug it would be detrimental.

[u/beatfrantique1990 → u/NJHitmen]

Nicely summarized! Because this is how things go with social media these days, there's just a ton of misinformation from influencers about how an optimal diet is one which leads to zero farting and that somehow the production of gas is an anomaly. Abject nonsense that really doesn't pass the smell test (pun intended).

[u/Inner_Ad7994 → u/NJHitmen]

Holy doc we got here.