Hi can anyone tell me excatly what bloating is like?

BettyandVeronica

I have never ever had this "bloating" concept/thing in my life and all of a sudden some 2 weeks ago. I got this terrible like bubbles sensation (like percolation in my mid gut) and tightening in the belly.Is that what it is? I always hear people say "bloatin/period/water retention etc but I never actually understood what it was.Is it followed by constipation too?

What do you feel when you have this.

FTIM2015

Best I can describe bloating is imagine having a beach ball pumped up in your tummy. You look like you're swallowed the ball, you feel like you couldn't get a drop of water or a crumb of food down your throat, feel lathargic (sp?) and sick.

Bread can make me feel like this so I cut out as much as I can, fizzy pop can too.

rfcollins33

not to be funny, but it sounds like what you had was gas. "percolating" sounds like gas in your tummy. Bloating is where you feel tight and larger around mid section. I also get swollen puffy fingers when I'm bloated.

MGleason2010

I look a few months pregnant when i'm bloated and I normally have a pretty flat stomach. Fingers swell, and feel uncomfortable sitting, standing whatever.

I agree, just sounds like gas is what you had. Unless you had some other symptoms listed above and by other people.

Hope that helps!

P.s. if you've never had bloating, you are very lucky

ashleigh2311

I wish i was asking the same question as you.
unfortunately i suffer with very frequent stomach pains, often so severe that it hurts to breathe because any movement of stomach muscles causes agony.

When im really bloated i feel like my tummy puffs out loads (sometimes i genuinley look pregnant!) and i have a lot of air inside me, even if i havent eaten a lot or im hungry. My stomach swells so holding my stomach in really hurts.

I usually get tight cramps and sometimes shooting spasm pains in my stomach too.
It can be associated with constipation, but diarrhoea too. It varies between people i think.

sometimes my stomach 'bubbles', but it doesnt actually hurt, i think i just have a noisy digestive system!

LorinaLynn

Bloating and water retention is everywhere. Your belly, your ankles, your feet, your fingers. Everything is puffy.

What you described sounds more like indigestion. A few good burps takes care of most of it. Sometimes an antacid like Tums is necessary.

BettyandVeronica

I look a few months pregnant when i'm bloated and I normally have a pretty flat stomach. Fingers swell, and feel uncomfortable sitting, standing whatever.

I agree, just sounds like gas is what you had. Unless you had some other symptoms listed above and by other people.

Hope that helps!

P.s. if you've never had bloating, you are very lucky

well judging by other people's symptoms,I don't think its bloating then.must be indigestion. I need to keep a better watch on my diet and stop eating random rubbish.