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My husband has a constant bloating feeling and gets pain under his ribcage and sometimes struggles to breathe.
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See a doctor: Trouble breathing can be a sign of a serious problem. Pneumonia, heart disease, gallstones, and ulcers are just a few of the items that can cause trouble breathing. A thorough history and complete physical examination Bb a physician can usually identify the cause
Answered 2/15/2015
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Maybe IBS, but...: The GI tract has a very limited # of symptoms to signal its distress--nausea/vomiting, diarrhea/constipation, bloating, pain, fullness, bleeding, etc. As you know, many of these characterize ibs, but are also seen with inflammatory, infectious, ischemic, malabsorptive, and functional disorders. Directed lab work, imaging, biopsies, stool studies are appropriate in excluding non-ibs pathology.
Answered 2/25/2015
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