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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.


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