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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...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Apr 13, 2020
Abdominal distended
Having trouble with bowel movements, going only once per week with severe abdominal distended. Have been on senator, ducalox & others. Have Gerd and erosion...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jul 30, 2025
Distended lower abdomen following a colon resectioning surgery
I had a colon resection for perforation resulting from diverticulitis. I had a reversal nine months later. I had a distended lower abdomen following the...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Mar 16 4:15pm
Distended abdomen 6 months after semi-colectomy for volvulus
Hi - Anyone else with this problem. I had emergency colon surgery for cecal volvulus maybe caused by torturous colon. That was 6 no ago....
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Feb 14, 2024
Unexplained 30 lb loss despite high kcal, possible malabsorption
38F with hEDS, POTS, MCAS, and confirmed gastroparesis. Lost ~30+ lbs (132 → 100 lbs) despite periods of 3,800–5,000 calories/day during nutritional rehabilitation. Looking for...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jun 22 4:34am
Trouble Getting Diagnosis
Hi! Whenever I eat certain foods, I get severe abdominal distention. The distention gets so bad that I look 9 months pregnant right after eating...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Dec 6, 2022
Does anyone have a Bezoar in the belly because of slow motility?
I'm 87 and I've had Idiopathic Neuropathy for 20yrs which has progressed to full body. This past year I've developed a Bezoar in my belly...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Apr 23 8:49am
Immobility
Complete immobility, abdominal distention and daily pain after gallbladder removed 20 years ago. Stemming from chronic Lymes disease. Dr would like to remove intestines. I’ve...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Dec 29, 2024
Gastroparesis (Delayed Emptying) Symptoms
Hi Everyone! Around a 6 month ago i have been told by my GI that i have a Functional Dyspepesia, however i have also been...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jan 15 7:26am
Small bowel erosion and moderate ascites
I am 31f. In October I experienced sudden intense abdominal pain. I had been consitpated a bit before. The pain was so bad I was...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Feb 18, 2024
Anyone else have Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMAS)?
"With only about 500 reported cases in the history of English-language medical literature, recognition of SMA syndrome as a distinct clinical entity is controversial, with...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Feb 10 11:46am
Debilitating multisystem dysfunction from diverticulitis surgery
I am a 35-year-old male with a decade-long history of progressively debilitating multisystem dysfunction originating from catastrophic diverticulitis surgeries in 2016. I am currently in...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jan 7 12:31pm