These include: irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) inflammatory bowel disease, such as ulcerative colitis or Crohns disease other functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) heartburn food intolerance weight gain hormonal flux (especially for women) giardiasis (intestinal parasite infection) eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa mental health factors such as stress, anxiety, depression, and more some medications These conditions cause factors that contribute to gas and bloating, such as: overgrowth or deficiency of bacteria within the GI tract gas accumulation altered gut motility impaired gas transit abnormal abdominal reflexes visceral hypersensitivity (feeling of bloating in small or even normal body changes) food and carbohydrate malabsorption constipation Serious causes Abdominal bloating can also be a symptom of several serious conditions, including: pathologic fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity (ascites) as a result of cancer (e.g., ovarian cancer), liver disease, kidney failure, or congestive heart failure celiac disease, or non-celiac gluten sensitivity pancreatic insufficiency, which is impaired digestion because the pancreas cannot produce enough digestive enzymes perforation of the GI tract with escape of gas, normal GI tract bacteria, and other contents into the abdominal cavity Lifestyle changes In many cases, the symptoms of abdominal bloating can be diminished or even prevented by adopting a few simple lifestyle changes such as losing weight, if youre overweight
Under the doctors advice, she began the Stillman diet, sticking to only lean foods and drinking eight glasses of water a day
Loretta Lynn got the call to perform, and this was something huge
When combined with counseling or educational programs, acupuncture enhances its efficacy for sustained smoking cessation compared to standalone interventions (18)
