The main consideration for abdominal distension is that it may be caused by physiological factors such as diet or gastrointestinal diseases such as gastroenteritis, intestinal obstruction and peptic ulcer.
1. Physiological factors: If the recent diet contains a large number of easy to produce gas food, such as beans, sweet potatoes, etc., or the existence of the wind to eat, eating noisy, laughing, etc., may make the gastrointestinal tract gas increase, abdominal distension, resulting in the stomach clap like a watermelon. At this time, patients usually do not have obvious discomfort, and can gradually recover after improving eating habits.
2. Pathological factors: gastroenteritis, peptic ulcer, intestinal flora imbalance, etc., will make the gastrointestinal tract peristalsis slow down, digestion and absorption ability to decline, food emptying slows down in the gastrointestinal tract to stay longer, the decomposition of the gas produced by an increase in abdominal distension, so that the stomach beat up like a watermelon loud. At this time, the patient may also experience abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite and so on.
In addition, if the patient suffers from intestinal obstruction, intestinal torsion and other intestinal obstructive diseases, it will affect the gastrointestinal tract gas outward, so that the gas in the gastrointestinal tract to gather, resulting in abdominal distension, the patient may also have a tummy pat like a watermelon.
If the patient’s stomach rattles like a watermelon for a long time or repeatedly, and accompanied by abdominal discomfort, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner to identify the cause of the disease and carry out targeted treatment to avoid delaying the condition.