What’s the matter with my bloated stomach? You need to know the reason

Abdominal bloating may be a phenomenon of flatulence, and this symptom may be related to people’s usual diet. Many people don't know why their stomachs are always bloated. In addition to stomach problems, this may also be caused by diseases such as tumors. Early examination and early treatment are recommended.

1. Peptic ulcer: The most common ones are gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, which are mainly caused by damage to the gastric mucosa and insufficient gastric acid secretion, resulting in food accumulation in the stomach for a long time without digestion. The main symptoms are upper abdominal pain or distension and discomfort, and include at least one of the following: night pain, periodic abdominal distension and discomfort, and abdominal pain and distension that can be relieved by eating or taking antacids.

2. Chronic gastritis: mainly includes superficial gastritis, erosive gastritis, reflux gastritis and atrophic gastritis. The most obvious symptom of atrophic gastritis is abdominal distension and discomfort, which is mainly caused by atrophy of gastric glands, resulting in the failure to secrete gastric acid. Large doses of medicine are required to relieve stomach bloating. The degree of abdominal distension in erosive gastritis is milder than that in atrophic gastritis. Since superficial gastritis is a mild disease, the patient's abdominal distension is sometimes not very obvious and can usually be relieved after taking medicine. However, reflux gastritis will cause heartburn and uncomfortable symptoms at the same time as bloating.

3. Diseases such as tumors: Although abdominal distension is a common digestive system symptom, it is mainly seen in gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, pancreatic, peritoneal and other diseases, such as gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric dilatation, pyloric obstruction, intestinal infection, inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal obstruction, functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver abscess, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, biliary obstruction, pancreatitis, peritonitis, etc. However, diseases such as right heart failure, renal failure, mesenteric thrombosis, connective tissue disease, diabetes, and tumors may also cause abdominal distension.