Definitions

1. Bloating is a serious problem for many people. (Web site)
2. Bloating is the common term for gas buildup in the stomach and intestines.
3. Bloating is any abnormal general swelling, or increase in diameter of the abdominal area. (Web site)
4. Bloating is one of the most bothersome complaints in patients with various functional gut disorders. (Web site)
5. Bloating is a common.

Cramping

1. It causes belly pain, cramping or bloating, and diarrhea or constipation.
2. Diarrhea, bloating or cramping, failure to thrive, frequent bulky stools, muscle wasting, and a distended stomach may accompany malabsorption.

Abdominal Bloating

1. Abdominal bloating is quite common and in the majority of cases will not be caused by anything serious. (Web site)
2. Ascites is the proper medical term for abdominal bloating caused by excessive accumulation of liquid inside the cavity.
3. A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of rifaximin in patients with abdominal bloating and flatulence.

Some People

1. But some people may have troublesome symptoms, especially stomach cramps, bloating, and diarrhea.
2. However, some people report that a high fibre diet causes some persistent mild symptoms such as mild pains and bloating. (Web site)

Cause Bloating

1. Too much fiber all at once can cause bloating, gas, or even diarrhea. (Web site)
2. But wheat starch may cause bloating, he adds, so try switching to rice and potatoes, which contain starch that is more easily tolerated.
3. Internal hernias or adhesions (scar tissue) from surgery may cause bloating or pain.

Much Gas

1. Bloating can signal any of several serious digestive diseases, says Dr. Gebhard.
2. Fatty foods can delay stomach emptying and cause bloating and discomfort, but not necessarily too much gas.
3. Finally, eating a lot of fatty food can delay stomach emptying and cause bloating and discomfort, but not necessarily too much gas.
4. Menstruation: Bloating is common in women at the time of menstruation or as part of a premenstrual stress disorder. (Web site)

Cause Abdominal

1. Crohn's disease, colon cancer, or any disease that causes intestinal obstruction, may also cause abdominal bloating.
2. Lactose intolerance can cause abdominal pain, bloating and diarrhoea. (Web site)

Intestinal Gas

1. Abdominal bloating is a condition in which the abdomen feels full and tight -- usually caused by excessive intestinal gas.
2. Bloating from Irritable Bowel Syndrome can result from trapped intestinal gas that arises from mis-timed, or irregularly timed, bowel contractions. (Web site)
3. Bloating may have several causes, the most common being accumulation of liquids and intestinal gas.

Common Symptoms

1. The most common symptoms of lactase deficiency are diarrhea, bloating, and gas.
2. The most common symptoms of gas are belching, flatulence, abdominal bloating, and abdominal pain.
3. Other common symptoms are bloating, mucus in the stools, or a feeling that you have not completely emptied your bowels.

Pain

1. Activated charcoal (CharcoCaps®) or simethicone (Gas-X®, Mylicon®, Phazyme®) may provide for relief of gas and bloating. (Web site)
2. After the test, you may have bloating or crampy gas pains and may need to pass some gas.
3. The condition leads to crampy pain, gassiness, bloating, and changes in bowel habits.
4. Your diet. The relationship of the bloating to certain foods. (Web site)
5. In addition, the women kept a diary of symptoms to assess abdominal pain and bloating and bowel habits. (Web site)

Aerophagia

1. If you have constipation together with rectal bleeding, abdominal pain or abdominal distention (bloating), contact your doctor immediately. (Web site)
2. Persistent aerophagia after surgery may cause bloating and increased flatus. (Web site)
3. Aerophagia due to the excessive amounts of swallowed air may causes distention, bloating, flatulence and belching.

Sensation

1. These disorders may give a false sensation of bloating because of an increased sensitivity to gas.
2. The primer to elicit subjective bloating may be any of the other 3 factors, or the sensation may be related to distorted perception. (Web site)
3. Try not to swallow air, which can cause bloating.
4. Patients may feel cramps, bloating, urgency to defecate, nausea, or increased need to pass gas.

Eating

1. Bloating. Feeling uncomfortably full after eating.
2. Many people experience symptoms of gas, bloating, and diarrhea after eating dairy products. (Web site)
3. Swallowing excessive air when eating may increase the symptoms of belching and bloating which are often associated with indigestion. (Web site)

Causes Abdominal

1. Many people believe that too much gas causes abdominal bloating.
2. Causes abdominal pain, bloating, and constipation or diarrhea.
3. Bloating A feeling of fullness in the abdomen, often occurring after meals.
4. People that have celiac disease experience abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloating, exhaustion, and depression when they eat foods with gluten in them. (Web site)

Abdominal Pain

1. The cause of most IBS symptoms -- diarrhea, constipation, bloating, and abdominal pain -- are due to this abnormal physiology.
2. Irritable bowel syndrome is a disorder characterized most commonly by cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, and diarrhea. (Web site)
3. In addition, Zelnorm was shown to provide relief of the individual symptoms of abdominal pain and discomfort, bloating, and constipation. (Web site)

Passage

1. The spasms may either speed the passage of stool, causing diarrhea, or slow it down, causing constipation or bloating.
2. When bloating happens frequently, the physician may prescribe medications to stimulate contractions in the stomach and upper intestine.
3. Diarrhea is the frequent passage of loose, watery, soft stools plus bloating, pressure, and cramps commonly referred to as gas.

Discomfort

1. Constipation, bloating, and abdominal discomfort may occur in patients with diverticulosis.
2. Indigestion is a vague feeling of abdominal discomfort -- possibly including belching, a feeling of fullness, bloating, and nausea.
3. Doctors may also suggest limiting high-fat foods to reduce bloating and discomfort.
4. Dysmotility-type dyspepsia is a common digestive condition characterized by discomfort and bloating that occurs in the abdominal area. (Web site)

Distension

1. Bloating and distension typically occur for about an hour after the exam until the air is expelled.
2. It is characterized by a very dilated colon ( megacolon), accompanied by abdominal distension ( bloating), and sometimes fever, abdominal pain, or shock. (Web site)
3. Abdominal bloating or distension and passing mucus on the stool are also common. (Web site)

Malabsorption

1. For individuals with sugar malabsorption, diet changes may resolve chronic bloating.
2. In some cases, bloating can be associated with sugar (fructose) malabsorption, a disorder that hinders the digestion of sugar.
3. Malabsorption of lactose, fructose, and sorbitol may cause bloating, distention, flatulance, and diarrhea. (Web site)

Cramps

1. If cramps, bloating, and constipation are problems, the doctor may prescribe a short course of pain medication.
2. You may also have cramps, bloating, nausea and an urgent need to have a bowel movement. (Web site)

Bowel

1. The validated Bowel Disease Questionnaire was used to identify subjects with abdominal bloating and other bowel disorders.
2. CONCLUSIONS: Bloating is a common symptom in otherwise healthy adults, and is often associated with but not predictive of functional bowel disorders.
3. Lactobacillus plantarum 299v decreases abdominal bloating in patients with irritable bowel.
4. Bloating is frequently associated with abdominal pain that may be relieved by passing gas or bowel motions. (Web site)
5. Fatty meals made her symptoms worse; abdominal pain and bloating improved following bowel movements.

Wind

1. Note: you may have some bloating and extra wind at first when you eat more fibre than you are used to. (Web site)
2. Ispaghula husk is a useful alternative to wheat bran, particularly in patients with pain, bloating, and excessive wind. (Web site)

Symptoms Include

1. Symptoms include heartburn, acid regurgitation, abdominal bloating, fullness, excessive belching, nausea, and early satiety.
2. However, symptoms may include mild cramps, bloating, and constipation. (Web site)
3. Other symptoms include abdominal bloating, intolerance of fatty foods, belching, gas, and indigestion.
4. Relationship of bloating to other GI and menstrual symptoms in women with irritable bowel syndrome. (Web site)
5. Bloating can be a symptom of gastroparesis, but usually it's not the only one.

Bloating Gas

1. If pain is associated with diarrhea and bloating, patients can be advised to reduce corn syrup), and gas-forming vegetables (cabbage, broccoli, beans).
2. However, people who complain of bloating from gas often have normal amounts and distribution of gas.
3. To avoid bloating and gas, add these foods gradually over a period of several days. (Web site)
4. Gaseous bloating may be a consequence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures, due to the artificial mouth-to-mouth insuflation of air. (Web site)
5. Air, used to inflate the stomach and bowel, can cause some bloating or gas.

Gas Bloating

1. You may have bloating or a feeling of gas in the intestines.
2. It causes gas bloating of the abdomen and frequent belching.
3. Gallstones and Bloating We all produce gas in our intestines, .
4. Fundoplication may impair the ability to belch and thereby to relieve bloating.
5. Carbonation in general is a potential trigger for IBS attacks, and it's particularly likely to exacerbate bloating. (Web site)

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