Symptom: Abdominal swelling
Abdominal swelling: Swelling or bloating of the abdomen
Detailed cause information for symptom: Abdominal swelling:
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Types of Abdominal swelling: abdominal mass (7)
Abdominal swelling type of: Digestive symptoms (397), Abdominal symptoms (272), Swelling symptoms (281)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions
Possible causes of symptom: Abdominal swelling: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Abdominal swelling as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.
- Normal child - the stomach of a child protrudes more than adults.
- Gas
- Swallowed air
- Pregnancy
- Obesity
- Constipation
- Chronic constipation (type of Constipation)
- Poor muscle tone (see Muscle weakness)
- Poor muscle tone after childbirth
- Lactose intolerance
- Food allergies
- Food intolerances
- Pregnancy
- Hernia
- Malabsorption
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Colonic bacterial fermentation
- Intestinal motility disorders
- Gas entrapment syndromes
- Splenic flexure
- Hepatic flexure
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Pancreatic disease
- Acute pancreatitis
- Appendicitis
- Biliary disease
- Short bowel syndrome
- Peptic ulcer
- Ascites - see also causes of ascites
- Malignant ascites
- Intestinal obstruction - causing gas or fluid buildup; see causes of intestinal obstruction
- Partial bowel obstructions
- Small bowel diverticular
- Intestinal adhesions
- Intermittent bowel obstruction - see causes of bowel obstruction
- Volvulus
- Colon cancer
- Diverticulitis
- Diverticulosis
- Ulcerative colitis
- Pseudopsiesis
- Liver conditions
- Cirrhosis of the liver
- Certain heart conditions:
- Heart failure
- Constrictive pericarditis (type of Pericarditis)
- Abdominal mass - see also causes of abdominal mass
- Certain types of tumors or cancers:
- Abdominal tumor
- Gastrointestinal tumor
- Abdominal cancer
- Bowel cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Ovarian cystadenoma
- Lymphoma
- Fibroids
- Organomegaly
- Ovarian cystadenoma
- Lymphoma
- Perforated viscus
- Some causes of abdominal distention of infants or children include:
- Normal infant pot belly
- Premature delivery (see Small baby)
- Starvation
- Constipation - which may present as runny diarrhea
- Cystic fibrosis
- Celiac disease
- Hirschsprung's disease
Conditions listing symptoms: Abdominal swelling: The following list of conditions have 'Abdominal swelling' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Conditions listing complications: Abdominal swelling: The following list of conditions have 'Abdominal swelling' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Last revised: Nov 10, 2003
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