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Health Tip: Triggering Abdominal Bloating

Posted on 11/05/2009, 09:00
By -- Diana Kohnle

Some typical causes

(HealthDay News) -- When your belly feels bloated, uncomfortably tight and full, your doctor may refer to it as abdominal bloating.

The U.S. National Library of Medicine offers this list of common causes:

Swallowing air.
Being constipated.
Having too much gas in the bowels.
Having lactose intolerance or other food intolerance.
Eating too much.
Having irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Having a partial bowel obstruction.
Having too much bacteria in the bowels.
Having, in rare cases, a tumor.

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