Health Tip: Triggering Abdominal Bloating
(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.