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What are doctors listening for when they put a stethoscope on your stomach during a check up?

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Dr. Andrew Seibert answered

Specializes in Gastroenterology

Several things.: The most common reason to listen to the abdomen is to hear the presence of and the quality of the bowel sounds. These can be a clue to many abdominal diseases. Occasionally one listens for the sound of blood flowing in the blood vessels of the abdomen, known as a bruit.

Answered 9/23/2020

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