Watermelon stomach

Watermelon stomach: Introduction

Watermelon stomach: The dilation of the blood vessels in the antral of the stomach. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Watermelon stomach is available below.

Symptoms of Watermelon stomach

• Dyspnoea on exertion
• Fatigue
• Tachycardia
• Palpitation
• Headache
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 10 symptoms of Watermelon stomach

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Watermelon stomach:

• Food Allergies & Intolerances: Home Testing:
  • Home Food Allergy Tests
  • Home Food Intolerance Testing
  • Home Water Testing
  • Home Lead Poisoning Tests
  • Home Heavy Metal Poisoning Tests
• Digestive-Related Home Testing:
  • Home Stomach Ulcer Tests
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Test Kits
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Test Kits
• more tests...»

Watermelon stomach: Complications

Read more about complications of Watermelon stomach.

Medical Textbooks Online about Watermelon stomach

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Watermelon stomach?

• Misdiagnosis of Watermelon stomach

Watermelon stomach: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Watermelon stomach:

• Digestive Health
• more product offers...»

Watermelon stomach: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Celiac Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Heartburn -- Undiagnosed
  • GERD -- Undiagnosed
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Pancreatitis -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Watermelon stomach

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed....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, sometimes called ...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...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 an infectious diarrheal...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 with fatal...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...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Watermelon stomach

Watermelon stomach: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Digestive Health Specialists (Gastroenterology):
  • Gastroenterology (Digestive Specialists)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (Child Digestive Health)
• more specialists...»

Other doctor, physician and specialist research services:

• Rate Your Doctor Online
• Research Your Doctor Online
• Review Patient Surveys About Your Doctor
• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Watermelon stomach

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Watermelon stomach:

• Digestive Health (Gastroenterology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Watermelon stomach, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Watermelon stomach: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Rare Types
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Rare Types
  • Celiac Disease -- Rare Types
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Rare Types
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Pancreatitis -- Rare Types
  • Gallstones -- Rare Types
  • Lactose Intolerance -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Watermelon stomach

Read more about causes of Watermelon stomach.

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Watermelon stomach

Medical research articles related to Watermelon stomach include:

• Guidelines on small bowel enteroscopy and capsule endoscopy in adults
• Endoscopic argon plasma coagulation of gastrointestinal bleeding and oesophageal stents
• GAVE Managed with Cryotherapy
• Vascular GI Lesions
• Cryotherapy for Radiation Proctitis
• A New View of Occult and Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
• more research...»

Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database

Videos for Watermelon stomach

Reseach about Watermelon stomach

Visit our research pages for current research about Watermelon stomach treatments.

Stories from Users Related to Watermelon stomach

• Watermelon stomach (gave syntrom)
• My doctor gave up

User Interactive Forums

Read about other experiences, ask a question about Watermelon stomach, or answer someone else's question, on our message boards:

• I can not get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for this?
• See all the forums.

Definitions of Watermelon stomach:

A distinct vascular lesion in the PYLORIC ANTRUM that is characterized by tortuous dilated blood vessels (ectasia) radiating outward from the PYLORUS. The vessel pattern resembles the stripes on the surface of a watermelon. This lesion causes both acute and chronic GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Watermelon stomach is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Watermelon stomach, or a subtype of Watermelon stomach, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)