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How to tell if stomach is disintended? i rarely hear/feel digestion and have loose to diarrhea orange stools, mild stomach cramps. infrequent passing of gas either rectually or burping. could it also be a bowel obstruction?

Q: how to tell if stomach is disintended? i rarely hear/feel digestion and have loose to diarrhea orange stools, mild stomach cramps. infrequent passing of gas either rectually or burping. could it also be a bowel obstruction?

: This sounds like irritable bowel syndrome. Whether or not you have a "distended" stomach probably is unrelated and unimportant. It doesn't sound at all like intestinal obstruction. Discuss with your primary care physician. Good luck.

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

This sounds like irritable bowel syndrome. Whether or not you have a "distended" stomach probably is unrelated and unimportant. It doesn't sound at all like intestinal obstruction. Discuss with your primary care physician. Good luck.

Dr Kuitems agreed

Answered 9/11/2022

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A member asked:

How to tell if stomach is disintended? i rarely hear/feel digestion and have loose to diarrhea orange stools, mild stomach cramps. infrequent passing of gas either rectually or burping. could it also be a bowel obstruction?

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