Intestinal swelling, mostly after large meals or alcohol

TempesT68 · Newbie Joined: 13 May 2007 Posts: 2

For about the last 8 months i have noticed a bit of swelling from my abdominal area. When i am sitting my stomach feels soft, like a bit of fat as i know i haven't had as much exercise as i should and not eating the best diet. When i am standing my stomach sticks out like i'm pregnant (i'm a 26 y/o male) and feels hard, i've also getting some bad stretch marks. i've noticed it gets worse when i eat a large meal or drink alcohol. If i am standing i get quite a bit of discomfort like my intestinal area is pushing against my skin and gets quite hard. If i sit down it releaves most of the discomfort, then a few hours later after a big meal i will go to the bathroom and feel better. I did go to the doctor about 4 months ago as i was getting a sharp pain in my lower left abdominal area and couldn't eat really anything. I had some blood tests and everything was negative. They gave me a medicine for irritable bowl syndrome and a few days later everything was ok with the pain issues. Still to this day i get the above discomfort from large meals and alcohol. The worst i have experienced was about 3 weeks ago i drank 3 beers fairly quickly and my stomach got quite a bit of discomfort, was pushing out and was rock hard. I was standing for a while at the time. I went and sat down for a little while and the discomfort went away quite a bit. I later paced myself with the beer and sat down more. From there the discomfort was gone for the most part. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Intestinal swelling, mostly after large meals or alcohol

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