What are the symptoms of stomach bloating

Gastric bloating refers to the phenomenon of frequent bloating in the patient's intestines, and a feeling of fullness, accompanied by difficulty in defecation, abdominal distension and pain, and frequent anxiety and difficulty in restoring qi and blood. In more serious cases, the patient will feel burping every morning, accompanied by gas discharge and body weight loss. This is a problem that deserves special attention.

symptom

[Traditional Chinese Medicine] Gastric bloating, a disease name. One of the bloating diseases. The main symptoms are bloating and epigastric pain. "Lingshu·Zhanglun": "Those with stomach bloating will feel distended, have pain in the epigastric region, smell a burnt odor in the nose, have difficulty eating, and have difficulty defecating." "Yichun Shengyi·Zhang": "The stomach is the organ for food and water, and is responsible for taking food in and out. When the yin and cold qi rises up, food and water cannot flow, resulting in bloating and stomach pain. The qi of food and water rots in the stomach, resulting in a burnt odor in the nose, and having difficulty eating and having difficulty defecating." The treatment should be to soothe the stomach and dispel the cold, with Wenzhong Pingwei San.

Symptoms

1. A disease in which the stomach is distended and has a bloated appearance, which may be accompanied by clinical manifestations such as stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and inability to eat.

2. Hiccups occur every morning when getting up or before or after meals, accompanied by gas discharge, weight loss, depression, nervous headaches and chest tightness, and hot and cold breasts.

3. Upper abdominal discomfort or pain, fullness, heartburn (acid reflux), belching, etc., unwillingness to eat or eating as little as possible, difficulty sleeping at night, and often having nightmares after sleeping.

4. Some patients also have symptoms such as belching, alternating constipation and diarrhea, fever, etc.

Pathogenesis

1. Obstruction of gas discharge in the gastrointestinal tract.

2. Gas absorption disorder in the gastrointestinal tract. Under normal circumstances, most of the gas in the abdominal cavity is absorbed by the blood vessels in the intestinal wall and exhaled out of the body through the lungs. In some diseases, blood circulation in the intestinal wall is impaired, affecting the absorption of gas in the intestinal cavity, thus causing abdominal bloating.

3. Inhalation of air. When eating, a large amount of air is inhaled due to talking or bad eating habits, which causes intestinal bloating. For some reasons, the intestinal peristalsis function is weakened or disappears, so the gas in the intestinal cavity cannot be discharged from the body, causing abdominal distension.

4. Food fermentation. Under normal circumstances, there are a large number of bacteria in the lower ileum and ascending colon. If the chyme stays in this section of the intestine for too long for some reason, the bacteria may cause the chyme to ferment, produce a large amount of gas, and cause abdominal distension.