slides designed for primary student's knowledge purpose What is a bloated stomach? How common is stomach bloating? Why is my stomach bloated? What symptoms are related to bloating? What causes bloating in the stomach? Medical causes Care and Treatment Treatments to prevent or relieve bloating When should I see my doctor? How is bloating diagnosed? Thank you

1. Bloated
Stomach

2. What is a bloated stomach?
Stomach feels tight, full and often painful.
You might feel bloated even if you don’t have a
distended abdomen.
Is usually a digestive issue, though hormones and
stress & anxious also play a part.
Sometimes there is an underlying medical condition.

3. Your abdomen is home to your:
● Stomach.
● Liver.
● Gallbladder.
● Pancreas.
● Small intestine.
● Large intestine.

4. Abdominal pain can take many forms and can mean many
things.
It may feel:
● Mild or severe.
● Dull or sharp.
● Burning or achy.
● Crampy or colicky.
● Constant or intermittent.
● Localized (in one spot) or generalized (all over).
Ultimately, abdominal pain is a subjective symptom that only
you can describe. Since your healthcare provider can’t
measure it, it's what you say it is.

5. How common is stomach
bloating?
According to a study in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, the prevalence
of this disorder is around 20% in Malaysian adults, whether due to heavy chilli
intake, use of analgesia or chronic illness. 19 Jun 2018

6. Why is my stomach bloated?
● Excess intestinal gas.
● A bloated stomach after eating, it may be
a digestive issue.
● as eating too much
● Eating too fast
● a food intolerance
● gas and digestive contents to build up.
● menstrual cycle
Sometimes a bloated
stomach can indicate a
more serious medical
condition.

7. What symptoms are related to bloating?
If you are feeling bloated, you may also experience:
● cramps
● burping
● diarrhoea
● constipation
● swelling
● gas (flatulence/farting)

8. What causes bloating in the stomach?
Gas and air
Gas is the most common cause of bloating, especially after eating.
Gas builds up in the digestive tract when undigested food gets broken down or when you swallow air.
Everyone swallows air when they eat or drink.
But some people can swallow more than others, especially if they are:
● eating or drinking too fast
● chewing gum
● smoking

9. Burping and flatulence are two ways swallowed air leaves the body.
Delayed emptying of the stomach (slow gas transport) in addition
to gas accumulation can also cause bloating and abdominal
distension.

10. Medical causes
Regular bloating can be caused by other problems,
including:
● constipation
● coeliac disease
● food intolerance, to milk (lactose intolerance)
and other foods such as some fruits, vegetables
and grains (such as wheat)
● irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
● hormones, including before your period or
during menopause
● some medicines
● gaining weight
● stress

11. Care and Treatment
How long does a bloated stomach last?
Bloating is due to something you ate or drank or to hormone
fluctuations, it should begin to ease within a few hours to days.
If you are constipated, it won’t go down until you start pooping.
Water, exercise and herbal teas can help encourage all of these
things along.
If it doesn’t go away or gets worse, seek medical attention.

12. Treatments to prevent or relieve bloating
Lifestyle changes
To reduce swallowing too much air, you can:
● Avoid chewing gum. Chewing gum can cause you to swallow extra air,
which in turn can lead to bloating.
● Limit your intake of carbonated drinks.
● Avoid foods that cause gas, such vegetables in the cabbage family and
dried beans
● Eat slowly and avoid drinking through a straw.
● Use lactose-free dairy products (if you are lactose intolerant).
Lactose-free dairy products may include milk, cream cheese, sour cream,
yogurt,

13. When should I see my doctor?
Consult your doctor if bloating is accompanied by any of the
following:
● severe or prolonged abdominal pain
● blood in the stools, or dark, tarry looking stools
● high fevers
● diarrhea
● worsening heartburn
● vomiting
● unexplained weight loss

14. How is bloating diagnosed?
Your doctor can diagnose the cause of your bloating. They may conduct blood tests and stool (poo) tests for
● infection
● bacterial overgrowth
doing a gastroscopy or colonoscopy
ultrasound.

15. Bloating and the symptoms that accompany it
can be uncomfortable.
sometimes be painful.
Depending on the cause of your bloating, you
may experience further problems.
This is why it is good to see a doctor if your
bloating is ongoing.