Distension

... went clothes shopping with me and expressed the opinion that something was not normal with my abdomen. Unlike many who have posted, my distension doesn't come and go with food consumption - I always look about 7 months pregnant. It doesn't wax and wane. I have a physical coming up and ...

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... of which have made an ounce of difference to my phantom pregnancy (I look around 4 months pregnant). I have that same, hard, round basketballish distension that others describe. Subsequently, I have been diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome and am on the Pill to combat that. I am unhappy ...

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Hi, I'm 48 and have dealt with stomach bloat/distension and looking pregnant. Since I've let my gray hair grow in, noone has said 'congratulations' or asked me when I'm due. What a relief. Anyway, I stopped drinking Coca Cola and started drinking ...

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... off, there is a long list of medical or physiological disorders that are associated with hiccups and seem to cause them. The most common by far is distension or expansion of the stomach and movement of stomach acid into the esophagus. After that, a disease or irritation in the thorax could be to ...

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... about the bainbridge reflex and barorecptors effect on HR. Bainbridge responds to increased atrial volume( ie, increase venous returen) or atrial distension and it actually increases heart rate in turn. The barorecpetors on the other hand feel the strech and increased blood return and decrease ...

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