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Distended abdomen
Hi everyone,
I'm hoping you could help me with a problem I've been dealing with since a very early age, for as long as I can remember.
The problem is : I have a distended abdomen, really distended, it makes me look pregnant. The thing is, I always had this stomach, at fist when I was young I thought (as my mum told me) that it was a baby belly and it would go away, the problem is that it never did. I'm now 25 years old and always with the distended abdomen, though I'm not really fat (I do have minor weight fluctuations, but the stomach always stuck with me even when I underweight) , I also have a very active work, and I don't drive so usually I walk a lot during the day (present situation excluded) .
Usually ( around 90% of the time) I contract my stomach, and it looks flat, I do have some fat in it, it isn't top model flat but it is flat. For obvious reasons I cannot do it when I'm sleeping which is pretty much the only time I let go, or if I'm laying on my stomach. I've also discovered that if I'm standing and I try to let go and not contract my abdomen anymore I start to feel very dizzy very quickly, as if my heart beat got slower and the air couldn't get it. As an addition to that sometimes (I wouldn't say often but not rarely neither) I experience a shooting pain in the area around my ribs everytime I breathe, and more often that not I feel like air is getting properly to my lungs, when I take a deep breath specially.
I've already told doctors about this two symptoms ( except for the distended stomach which I know I should have ) but they've concluded I was too stressed out, although it is sometimes true, it isn't always the case.This is a big issue for me, and couldn't even talk about it with no one, I'm sincerely hoping to find answers here.
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I’m so sorry to hear that but in all actuality MRI I had an MRE which is just of your intestines and honestly it showed exactly what CT scan showed so don’t worry I know it’s hard, I just found another GI doctor I pray he will see me I need another GI doc but I’m not going to get my hopes up bc I been told no to many times and it’s so sad that no doctors want to help someone who is sick Doctors take an oath to help people but in Philadelphia they can careless and I suffer and I can’t go out I refuse to I’m so sad and the fatigue and I don’t care about anything much anymore I’m so depressed over this that I don’t let people see me only my daughter and sisters and mom but I’m so frustrated with it all.
I had similar issues with bloating and found help from a Functional Medicine practitioner. She advised me on diet restrictions. Most likely your problem is not actually your intestines - but it's how your body is handling what you eat. It's not easy but definitely worth the effort!
@phillybomber - in Canada you need a referral from your general physician to see any specialist. If the physician does not see a reason for you to see one, you don’t get the referral. Physician, of course, is only following government health plan guidelines. In Ontario there is a shortage of physicians so if you are not happy with one, you cannot find another.
I live in Ontario. My husband and I moved a two hour drive out of the city and here there is an even bigger scarcity of physicians and specialists. We have been without a physician here since we moved seven months ago because no physicians are taking new patients. Because of the shortage, they already have more patients than they can handle. My physician in the city is still willing to see me - only till I find one here - but I don’t drive, which makes it very inconvenient. She can do phone consults for an existing problem, but for a new one, I would have to make an appointment.
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1 ReactionHas anyone had any success with losing a distended and bloated belly after antibiotic, probiotic or other treatment for both hydrogen and methane SIBO?
Oh yes! I had success ridding that problem by omitting apples, onions and garlic wh are gas producers, and taking a digestive enzyme called YUM for Bloating. You might want to run it by your dr though. Good luck!
Thanks. I’ve already eliminated those foods and still gassy. I just started antibiotics for SIBO. Hoping that will help reduce the distention.
I assume you meant HUM not Yum.
Have you tried Atrantil?
lol yes I did mean HUM.
And yes I have taken Atrantil after struggling to pronounce it lol. It works on one particular type of bacteria. Can’t remember which one
I have both methane and hydrogen, but my GI wants me to take Atrantil after the antibiotics.
Iberogast is also helpful with bloating.