Health Tip: Triggering Abdominal Bloating
November 5, 2009, 10:23 AM ET
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Nov. 6 -- (HealthDay News) -- When your belly feels bloated, uncomfortably tight and full, your doctor may refer to it as abdominal bloating.
The U.S. National Library of Medicine offers this list of common causes:
Swallowing air.Being constipated.Having too much gas in the bowels.Having lactose intolerance or other food intolerance.Eating too much.Having irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).Having a partial bowel obstruction.Having too much bacteria in the bowels.Having, in rare cases, a tumor.