To remove trapped gas in your chest you can go for a walk or stretch as well as drink some warm ginger or peppermint tea.
You can also use a heating pad on your abdomen and massage your stomach to help get rid of trapped gas in your chest.
Doing yoga poses like bringing your knees chest can also help relieve trapped gas in your chest and even sitting up straight and laying on your left and using warm compresses like a warm towel on your abdomen and doing a gentle abdominal massage are all good ways of getting rid of and removing trapped gas in your chest or stomach.
The sleeping position that relieves gas is sleeping on your left side with your knees drawn towards your chest, which is also known as sleeping in the fetal position.
Sleeping in the fetal position or on your left side with your knees drawn towards your chest helps the gravity move gas through the digestive tract, and laying on your back with your knees bent and also gently rocking them side to side can also stimulate release of gas from the body.
When you have gas you should avoid sleeping flat as sleeping flat worsens the bloating and so you should prop your head up at a 45 degree angle if you do sleep on your back.
If you do have to sleep on your back, you should elevate your upper body with pillows to create a 45 degree angle, which prevents flat sleeping, that makes bloating worse.
The symptoms of having too much gas are bloating, feeling full and tight, abdominal pain or abdominal cramps, distention or a noticeable increase in belly size as well as excessive farting and frequent burping.
Having gas in your stomach and body is normal, even in some cases when it's persistent, but having persistent gas in your body, especially with blood in your poop, unexplained weight loss, severe pain, chronic diarrhea and or chronic constipation or even vomiting, means that you should see a doctor to rule out any other conditions like intolerance's or IBS also known as irritable bowel syndrome.
Common symptoms of having too much gas in the body include.
Belching or frequent burping, that often occurs after meals or when you swallow air.
Flatulence like passing gas more often than usual, and potentially with an unpleasant odor.
Bloating, and a feeling of fullness, pressure or even tightness in your abdomen, and abdominal discomfort like cramps, sharp pains or even a knotted feeling in your stomach and sometimes distention, which is a visible swelling or an increase in belly size.
Farting is normal and having gas in your body is normal and farting a lot as well as belching a lot can also be normal.
Although in some cases it could be a result of something else that warrants medical attention.
You should see a doctor or seek medical attention for the excessive gas if you have any red flags of the excess gas.
Red flags for excess gas in the body and when you should see a doctor are if you have any blood in your poop, or changes in your poops consistency or frequency.
Unintended weight loss or loss of appetite.
Severe, persistent or worsening abdominal pain.
Chronic diarrhea or chronic constipation.
Recurring nausea or vomiting and or fever or chills.