Your abdomen can get swollen if you have gas build-up in your intestines. Common causes include: Most cases of chronic ...

For more information, visit our medical review board. If you've ever had to unbutton your pants due to a swollen stomach or trapped gas, you've experienced bloating — a condition that affects 15 ...

A 54-year-old man in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The symptoms: The patient visited the emergency room after experiencing shortness of breath, as well as excessive sweatin ...

During a routine examination of our department's animal husbandry unit, we found a female Swiss albino mouse with an extremely distended abdomen (Fig. 1). This 6-month-old mouse, which was ...

Ms Honeywood, who has suffered with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) since she was a teenager, said she should have gone to her GP after suffering a distended stomach, but instead put it down to her ...

A swollen belly in dogs may present in different ways, depending on the underlying cause. The swelling can affect just one side of the abdomen or the entire belly. In some cases, the belly may ...

Upon presentation the rat had a severely distended abdomen. History and physical examination revealed decreased appetite, moderate dehydration, lethargy, and ocular-nasal porphyrin discharge.