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In particular, alcohol intake often increases around midlife for women (and men) and that leads to abdominal weight gain. Exacerbating any actual fat gain around the midsection is bloating ...
Whatever weight you may gain in your 50s or 60s is not a nefarious result of menopause, but simply a side effect of getting older — and everyone goes through it, says Victoria Vieira-Potter, PhD ...
Menopausal weight gain impacts 60-70% women. Hormonal changes cause a redistribution of abdominal fat. A dietitian shares diet tips to reduce belly fat.
Dercum's disease is a rare condition characterized by multiple painful fatty tumors, called lipomas, that can grow anywhere in subcutaneous fat across the body. [1] Sometimes referred as adiposis dolorosa in medical literature, Dercum’s disease is more of a syndrome than a disease (because it has several clinically recognizable features, signs, and symptoms that are characteristic of it and ...
The first step in diagnosis is to determine the etiology of abdominal distension. After making a differential diagnosis of abdominal distension, it is important to take a careful medical history. [9] Here are the most common causes of abdominal distension classified as an underlying cause and as a secondary disease. As an underlying disease cause:
Generalized cancer symptoms; Abdominal pain [3] Gastrointestinal bleeding [3] Obstruction of intestine [8] Weight loss [3] /poor appetite; Anemia (Due to vitamin B 12 malabsorption, and bleeding) Hematemesis [9] Gastroesophageal reflux disease [10] [3] Esophageal complications (Barrett's esophagus, esophagitis, stricture formation) [11 ...
Learn the causes of stomach bloating so you can get fast relief. Why Do I Always Feel Bloated? Here Are the Surprising Causes of Stomach Bloating—And 25 Ways to Get Rid of It
CT abdomen, coronal section, showing characteristic large rugal folds in the stomach. A cyst is also seen in the liver. The large folds of the stomach, as seen in Ménétrier disease, are easily detected by x-ray imaging following a barium meal or by endoscopic methods. Due to the thickened rugae folds, it is said to have a cerebriform (brain ...