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Child gi dr said her stomach felt distended but what does that mean ?
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Larger: Distended means the stomach feels larger than it normally would be, usually indicating a lot of air/gas in the stomach, but sometimes it can be retained stomach contents leading it to be bigger than it should be, it means either that she is overfilling her stomach and/or that her stomach is not emptying out as normally as it should be. Those would cause it to be too big. Discuss which with GI doc.
Answered 6/10/2014
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