What is bloating

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What is ‘stomach bloating?’

Often you will find that once you have enjoyed your Christmas dinner or a full Sunday roast dinner, your jeans feel a bit tighter than they were before you began your meal. This is not because you have gained weight in less than half an hour, it is because your stomach has become bloated or distended.

Bloating is a general term used for ‘disambiguation,’ which means an abnormal swelling or increase in size around your middle or abdomen. Along with the swelling you may experience the feeling of being very full, your skin feels tight and you may experience stomach growling, or in some cases, the lack of it.

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What causes bloated stomach?

It is not always food however that causes your abdomen to distend; you may find that you have swallowed air while chewing gum, or although uncommon, it is important to note that sometimes bloating can be caused by tumours and ascites.

Causes of bloated stomach:

• Eating fatty foods. Fat delays stomach emptying and can increase the sensation of fullness
• Stress or anxiety
• Smoking
• A gastrointestinal infection, blockage or disease
• Irritable bowel syndrome, a condition characterized by abdominal pain or cramping and changes in bowel function
• Conditions such as celiac disease or lactose intolerance in which the intestines aren't able to digest and absorb certain components of food

Signs and symptoms of bloated stomach: The following the common signs and symptoms associated with stomach bloating.

• stomach distention
• feeling gassy
• excessive belching
• fullness and tightness in abdomen
• abdominal pain
• change in gut size
• food sensitivity
• indigestion
• sensation that resembles over eating
• general discomfort

Most bloated people experience at least two or more of these symptoms.

Pain can accompany stomach bloating which is normally around the abdomen area, but it can be experienced anywhere on the body; at times it has been mistaken for a heart attack when the pain has been felt in the upper left of the chest.

Belching and Flatulence

It is often an occurrence when suffering with abdominal bloating, that ‘belching’ may occur; this is completely normal. ‘Belching’ is defined as gas being trapped in your digestive tract; there are only two ways that this can happen:

1.       You have swallowed air which has become trapped,

2.       Bacterial build up which has caused gas to develop.

‘Belching’ is commonly referred to as ‘burping’ but is sometimes also referred to as eructation – a release of gas from your digressional tract via the mouth.

Flatus is the wind which is released from your anus; it is generated within the stomach or the bowel. It is relatively normal for humans to release flatus; the regularity of it differs from person to person however.