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Abdominal Bloating
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Abdominal Bloating
A feeling of fullness or tightness in the abdomen sometimes accompanied by a sensation of abdominal enlargement.
Symptom classification
Body areaTrunk
Conditions linked to this sign/symptom
46- Acute Gastrointestinal Perforation
- Acute Liver Failure
- Anisakiasis
- Ascites
- Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome
- Benign Ovarian Masses
- Bezoars
- Carbohydrate Intolerance
- Clostridium Perfringens Food Poisoning
- Colorectal Cancer
- Congestive Hepatopathy
- Constipation
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Cyclosporiasis
- Dyspepsia
- Endometriosis
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
- Giardiasis
- Helicobacter Pylori Infection
- Hepatic Cysts
- Hirschsprungs Disease
- Hypochondriasis
- Intestinal Obstruction
- Intussusception
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Jejunoileal Atresia
- Lactose Intolerance
- Mantle Cell Lymphoma
- Meconium Ileus
- Menopause
- Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Neonatal Sepsis
- Neuroblastoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Ovulatory Dysfunction
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Polycythemia Vera
- Portal Vein Thrombosis
- Postcholecystectomy Syndrome
- Premenstrual Syndrome
- Primary Liver Cancer
- Sexually Transmitted Enteric Infections
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Stomach Cancer
- Trematode Infections