Abdominal distention
Abdominal distention: Introduction
Abdominal distention: The sensation and appearance of distention located in the abdomen.
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Causes of Abdominal distention:
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- Dyspepsia
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Dyspepsia
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Abdominal Pain
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Abdominal pain
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Dyspepsia
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Abdominal Pain
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Dyspepsia
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Abdominal distention: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Abdominal distention
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
The...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut,...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria,
but can also kill the "good" bacteria in the gut.
This...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning).
In fact, it's more likely to be...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed
(it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see ...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases.
Some of the better known possibilities are peptic...read more »
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Abdominal distention: Related Rare Diseases
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Abdominal distention
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Detailed list of causes of Abdominal distention
The list below shows some of the causes of Abdominal distention mentioned in various sources:
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How Common are these Causes of Abdominal distention?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Abdominal distention.
Of the 61
causes of Abdominal distention that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 0
causes are "very common" diseases
- 2
causes are "common" diseases
- 1
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 1
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 60
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Abdominal distention
Conditions listing symptoms: Abdominal distention:
The following list of conditions
have 'Abdominal distention' 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.
A
Abdominal abscess
... abdominal distentionAcanthocytosis
... distended abdomenAccessory navicular bone
... distended abdomenAcute intermittent porphyria
... abdominal distentionB
Blind loop syndrome
... abdominal distentionC
Chylous ascites
... abdominal distentionCML-Like Syndrome, Familial
... distended abdomenColonic volvulus
... abdominal distentionCongenital hepatic porphyria
... distended abdomenCongenital megacolon
... distended abdomenCongenital short bowel
... distended abdomenCongenital tuberculosis
... abdominal distentionE
End Stage Liver Failure
... distended abdomenEsophageal Atresia and/or Tracheoesophageal Fistula
... distended abdomenEsophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula
... abdominal distentionF
Familial hyperchylomicronemia
... distended abdomenFamilial hyperlipoproteinemia
... distended abdomenFamilial Mediterranean fever
... abdominal distentionG
Gas/bloat syndrome
... distended abdomenGastrointestinal mucormycosis
... abdominal distentionGastrointestinal zygomycosis
... abdominal distentionGranulosa cell tumor of the ovary
... abdominal distentionH
Helminthiasis
... distended abdomenHepatorenal tyrosinemia
... abdominal distentionHirschsprung - microcephaly - cleft palate
... distended abdomenHirschsprung disease - polydactyly - heart disease
... distended abdomenHirschsprung's disease
... distended abdomenHypokalemia
... abdominal distentionHypothyroidism due to iodide transport defect
... distended abdomenI
Idiopathic sclerosing mesenteritis
... abdominal distentionJ
Jirásek-Zuelzer-Wilson syndrome
... distended abdomenL
Leprechaunism
... abdominal distentionLipoproteine lipase deficiency
... distended abdomenM
Meconium plug syndrome
... abdominal distentionN
Necrotizing enterocolitis
... distended abdomen, abdominal distentionNeonatal bacterial meningitis
... abdominal distentionNeonatal sepsis
... abdominal distentionO
Ogilvie's syndrome
... abdominal distentionOHSS
... distended abdomenP
Polyneuropathy - Ophthalmoplegia - Leukoencehalopathy - Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
... distended abdomenS
Sclerosing Mesenteritis
... abdominal distentionSmall bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome
... distended abdomenSmith disease
... distended abdomenStalker-Chitayat syndrome
... abdominal distentionU
Urorectal septum malformation sequence
... abdominal distentionV
Valvular dysplasia of the child
... distended abdomenVariegate porphyria
... abdominal distentionVisceral neuropathy, familial, autosomal dominant
... distended abdomenW
Waardenburg syndrome, type 4
... distended abdomenWolman syndrome
... abdominal distention
Conditions listing complications: Abdominal distention:
The following list of conditions
have 'Abdominal distention' 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.
U
Urethral obstruction sequence
... abdominal distention
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Causes of Abdominal distention Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Abdominal distention based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Classifications of Abdominal distention:
Subtypes of Abdominal distention:
Flank mass (1 cause)
Medical Conditions associated with Abdominal distention:
Abdominal swelling (425 causes), Digestive symptoms (4367 causes), Abdominal symptoms (3099 causes), Swelling symptoms (3152 causes)
Symptoms related to Abdominal distention:
Abdominal swelling (425 causes), Swollen abdomen (425 causes), Swelling (3152 causes), Swollen organs, Abdominal pain (2090 causes), Stomach pain (28 causes), Stomach ache (321 causes), Diarrhea (1887 causes), Gas (73 causes), Abdominal mass (83 causes), Abdominal symptoms (3099 causes), Abdominal fullness (8 causes), Ascites (69 causes), Cirrhosis of liver, Portal hypertension, Intestinal obstruction (25 causes), Central obesity
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