Abdominal distension

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  • Jeneba
    Jeneba Posts: 699 Member
    Have you checked for fibroids? My aunt used to bloat up like she was carrying a watermelon... :ohwell:
  • MzManiak
    MzManiak Posts: 1,361 Member
    If you've had kids, the abdominal muscles could actually have separated. Doing sit-ups and things make it worse. After I had my 3rd kid, I could fit 2 fingers in between them around my belly button. I, too, always looked about 5 months pregnant after eating and such because my full tummy would push the abdominal muscles apart. (Instead of being held behind the muscles like normal.) You can check for diastasis recti yourself, or ask your doctor to check for you.

    http://youtu.be/uzIrt82maws
  • AnsiStar
    AnsiStar Posts: 165 Member
    See earlier in the thread I have had a scan and nothing was seen.

    And sorry, dpenaloza, must have missed yours! Not had kids though so not that
  • tebreiner
    tebreiner Posts: 7 Member
    If you've had kids, the abdominal muscles could actually have separated. Doing sit-ups and things make it worse. After I had my 3rd kid, I could fit 2 fingers in between them around my belly button. I, too, always looked about 5 months pregnant after eating and such because my full tummy would push the abdominal muscles apart. (Instead of being held behind the muscles like normal.) You can check for diastasis recti yourself, or ask your doctor to check for you.

    http://youtu.be/uzIrt82maws;/url]

    AnsiStar, after reading dpenaloza's post - I started researching the 'diastasis recti' and found this is not just from women bearing a child or multiple children, it also happens to those who have never had any children and also men. check out this link
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn6g8VFD8Kw
    their are many youtube videos and website about diastasis recti, I was very impressed by the amount of information out there, even if this is not one of your symptoms its worth checking, the link dpenaloza has can help you check yourself
  • ecdce
    ecdce Posts: 129 Member
    Just a word to the wise, if you think it might be Celiac Disease, don't cut out gluten until you speak with your doctor. A lot of people cut out gluten because they think they have it, then go to get their blood tested for it, and then end up testing negative. Except then they don't know if they've tested negative because they really don't have Celiac, or if it's a false negative because they've cut it out already.

    If your doctor recommends avoiding gluten to see if you feel better, that's a different matter.
  • hemlock2010
    hemlock2010 Posts: 422 Member
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  • AnsiStar
    AnsiStar Posts: 165 Member
    If you've had kids, the abdominal muscles could actually have separated. Doing sit-ups and things make it worse. After I had my 3rd kid, I could fit 2 fingers in between them around my belly button. I, too, always looked about 5 months pregnant after eating and such because my full tummy would push the abdominal muscles apart. (Instead of being held behind the muscles like normal.) You can check for diastasis recti yourself, or ask your doctor to check for you.

    http://youtu.be/uzIrt82maws;/url]

    AnsiStar, after reading dpenaloza's post - I started researching the 'diastasis recti' and found this is not just from women bearing a child or multiple children, it also happens to those who have never had any children and also men. check out this link
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn6g8VFD8Kw
    their are many youtube videos and website about diastasis recti, I was very impressed by the amount of information out there, even if this is not one of your symptoms its worth checking, the link dpenaloza has can help you check yourself
    Thanks for this information but I don't have a ridge at all and I don't match the other symptoms. Again, thank you :)

    Just a word to the wise, if you think it might be Celiac Disease, don't cut out gluten until you speak with your doctor. A lot of people cut out gluten because they think they have it, then go to get their blood tested for it, and then end up testing negative. Except then they don't know if they've tested negative because they really don't have Celiac, or if it's a false negative because they've cut it out already.

    If your doctor recommends avoiding gluten to see if you feel better, that's a different matter.
    Thanks for the advice! I'll see if the docs are willing to put me through for a blood test :)

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