Excessive Bloating of the stomach and abdomen.

SEEK A GI DOCTOR NOW!!!!! ASK for a colonosopy and or endoscopy ribbon like stools are a warning sign to liver disease and cancer!!!!! Please seek help asap!!!! You have ascites that is fluid build up in belly! That will make your belly button pop out and it will be hard and uncomfortable full feeling! My husband died of liver disease due to Hep C please seek the help before it is too late!

HI IM A 43 YEAR OLD WOMEN AND AS SOON AS I EAT OR DRINK I SWELL FROM UNDERNEATH MY BREASTS DOWN TO MY ABDOMIN I LOOK AS IF I AM READY TO GO INTO LABOUR WHAT CURE HAVE YOU HAD CAN ANYBODY HELP

I got the same problem. For the past few years, my stomach and abdomen area, are so bloated, that my pants, belt, dress,skirt, are falling beneath my waist line. i went for a lot of tests, but, there is nothing wrong with me. what do we do? how can we handle it? i am very upset, and, it is depressing.

I have the same syptoms and was diagnosed with diverticulitis, like you i feel something else is wrong.....but the dostors keep trying to put me on this medifast diet which is expensive and consists of shakes and can cause side effects....I have been on weight watchers, lost a couple pounds but never the upper ab bloat......I am tired of living this way!

I am having the same problem and have just decided to start tracking what I eat, times voided and bowell pattern daily. I'll wake up in mornings and my tummy is flat however, as soon as a eat/drink a smalll amount, my tummy becomes enlarged. after taking a laxative, I noticed after the results, my abd becomes flat. I currently eat just about everything and although I feel full most times, I still have this strong desire to pick at all types of food it i have it, I have gained a lot of weight but mostly abdominal. I tried to exercise but dosen't seeems to hellp. now my abd feels uncomfortable but not painful. I have always felt its because I am over eating but now I am convinced it is related to another probllem because as soon as I eat a small amoun eg 1 cup of cooked oatmeal it gets big. my plan is to keep a strict record of everything i eat/drink, times, amount, and feelings affterwards and approach my doctor with this. this will allso help me to monitor and analyze what foods might be causing the problems. I feel i am having issues with digestion and elimination good luck. I will do monitoring for this week , then see the doctor and see what he saysand also what my conclusion is. I am 55 yrs old and may be having issues with the food not moving in a timely manner and may need some assistance with increased fluid, exercise, roughage and or frequent gentle laxative to aid movement of fea ces towards the anus for defecation in a timely manner. (peristalsis is sluggish ie not working as good as used to related to age and lifestyle changes.)

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I'm starting Prevention Mag's great "Flat Belly Diet" 4 day anti bloating program, with their cucumber and ginger or "Sassy Water" all day. The whole program is aimed at a Mediteranean style diet for LIFE and INCLUDES dark chocolate, nuts, olives and good oils and my personal fav, Avacadoes. I can be your guinea pic and let ya' know

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WOW I am glad you had gotten checked and am ecstatic that your cancer free. I have been having issues myself and just had my colonoscopy and EDG 4 days ago. Found inflammation at top of stomach but I was taking med for stomach reflux. Never knew i was inflamed. SO he gave me a stronger med to make it heal and then a polyp was removed. Nothing more was said to me and it is driving me crazy not knowing. I have had distended stomach feeling of nausea that is daily and 24/7 never goes a way get full quickly and feces have had weird looking stuff in them and also bright red blood not much but it is there. ALso blood pressure is out of whack and alkaline phosphatase levels are elevated norm is 120 mine were at 149 and do not have results from last testing yet. I was diagnosed with A1 antitrypsin a few years ago and found out that can elevate levels but also cause liver disease and emphysema and COPD and now I have read that it can cause a type of colon cancer as well. I am epileptic and seizure meds make liver levels elevate as well. I have so many meds on stand it is like a pharmacy. I have pains all the time ranging from stomach to behind rib cage to back on both sides and was told I had IBS 18 years ago and am now finding out that it may not be that at all. He told my husband evrything looked good EXCEPT inflammation and polyp did not say what kind it was or no pics of procedure or anything. He did not even talk to me after i came too i was sent right out the door and told it would be two weeks until results came back. Is there something more i am missing here? SHould he of told me more? Is he lying to me about what he seen until results come back? I am going crazy it has been 4 days with no answers. Is this normal routine or should I be worried? My previous husband died from liver disease due to Hep C and was not diagnosed until end stage died with in two months of diagnosis. I was tested three times right after he died in 2008 and now it is 2012 and was negative but three times in a row should I get retested for Hep C? I am remarried now and this is scaring me. I am a worry wart anyhow but do not have any family history that I know of and my blood pressure has been out of whack as well. Very high then low once it was 150/110 and my norm is 120/80 and day of colonoscopy it was 111/78? Not on any meds for blood pressure asked for results of liver scans from my family doctor two days ago and yet no one has called me. No one has called me about biopsy of polyp either. UGH so worried and nervous.

i know it's been a year so i bet you've gone to a doctor? how are you?

Just wanted to throw out an update. I was experiencing the same symptoms as everyone else  Huge amounts of bloat/unable to eat more than a handful of food otherwise I looked like I was 7 mnths prego. I had tried several things to no avail...

1. Rectal exam to make sure there were no blockages

2. Blood Test checking for everything (first time my liver panel came out a little high so I had to repeat it down the road where were ran every Liver test available, checked for ovarian cancer, checking for Lyme, Food Allergies, Thyroid, etc.

3. Ultrasounds of Abdomen and Pelvice - found cyst on ovaries due to cycle--- re-tested later and did PAP and all was fine

4. Colonoscopy - all good there 

5. Colonics

6. Chiropractic Adjustments/Western European Medicine (DSF supplement to help with Adrenals, Chlorophyl and Magnesium to help with consipation, Digestive Enzymes to help break down food, Alpha Beta Food to help break down food),  

7. Colon cleanse supplement (** I would recommend this to anyone having issues with being regular I use an all natural one "Super Colon Cleanse" and I take 4 pills at night before I go to bed with a glass of water)  

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8. Went on a strong dose of Xfaxian in case it was due to bacterial infection in the gut - No change

8. CT scan (which my GI tried to convince me I didn't need because of the fantastic colonoscopy results.) During the CT Scan they found a small peice of my colon was enlarged. My Reg. Doc gave ma a 2 week script for Prendisone. After being on it a few days I felt like thing might actually be getting better (I couldn't tell 100% because I was on vacation and eating like a pig.) I beleive that it all seems to be resolved now and I haven't bloated up like I used to and can eat larger quantities of food with normal reactions.

 

I don't know if this will be helpful, but if you haven't gotten a CT Scan you may want to think about it.

iam 36 and have the same problem,asociated with very enlarged breast.not pregnant.iam a normal size 14,everywere else,only my stomach and breast are very very enlarged.i look like kermit the frog.iam very uncomfortable.everybody asks am i pregnant.i exercise everyday and wlk 2hours a day.i am on a healthy diet.doctor says im just fat,with old age.aarrhh hello im 36.iam worried something is wrong.any suggestions

have you gained weight.my weight has increased by 3 stone over a couple of years and it is not through overeating as i never feel hungry and can only eat breakfast and a small dinner at midday then i dont eat anymore. it is not through lack of exercise either as i walk my 2 dogs.

hi i am 56 i had a real bad stomach pains bloating i also look like im 8 months pregante the pain is very bad my clothes wont fit me and i get tired very quickly is there anyone that can help me please im so sick of being sick.

I am 50...same exact problem as you...only I have gain 5 pounds per week in 4 weeks, 20 pounds weight gain in a month....went to doctor, he drew blood to test, said my Thyroid is off on the normal numbers....been taking the pills for two weeks now with no noticable difference, but then again he said it takes two weeks to get into your system. In the meanwhile I have a giant upper stomach, which is Never been where I gain it in the past, discomfort, burning also in lower abdomen....very depressed over all this.