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FlatulenceAka: Eructation, Borborygmus

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  1. Etiology
    1. Gas in stomach from air swallowing (Aerophagia)
      1. Hurried Eating or Drinking
      2. Smoking or Chewing gum
      3. Wearing badly fitted dentures
      4. Dry Mouth from anxiety or anticholinergics
    2. Gas in large intestine
      1. Bacterial degradation of large intestine contents
        1. Indigestible carbohydrates
        2. Malabsorption (e.g. Lactose Intolerance)
  2. Symptoms
    1. Eructation
    2. Borborygmus
    3. Flatulence
  3. Differential Diagnosis: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
    1. Persistent Abdominal Pain with bloating
  4. Management
    1. Simethicone
      1. No evidence that Simethicone is better than Placebo

Eructation (C0014724)

Definition (MSH)The ejection of gas or air through the mouth from the stomach.
Definition (NCI)To belch, the casting of upwind from the stomach.
Definition (NCI)To belch, the casting of upwind from the stomach.
ConceptsSign or Symptom (T184)
EnglishBelching, Belching symptom, Belchings, Burping, Eructate, Eructation, Eructation symptom, Eructations, GAS RAISING, GASEOUS REGURGITATION
Spanisheructación, eructacion, eructo, regüeldo, regueldo, síntoma de eructo, sintoma de eructo
CreditsDerived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


Flatulence (C0016204)

Definition (MSH)Production or presence of gas in the gastrointestinal tract which may be expelled through the anus.
Definition (NCI)Gas or air in the gastrointestinal tract.
Definition (NCI)Gas or air in the gastrointestinal tract.
Definition (UWDA)Excretion in gaseous state processed the stomach and small intestine.
Definition (UWDA)Excretion in gaseous state processed the large intestin
Definition (NCI)Flatulence; a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
ConceptsSign or Symptom (T184)
EnglishFarting, Flatulence, Flatulence symptom, Flatulence/wind, Flatus, Full of wind, Intestinal gas excretion, Passage of gas by anus, Passing flatus, Wind symptom
Spanisheliminación de gases, Eliminación de ventosidades, eliminacion de gases, Eliminacion de ventosidades, excreción intestinal de gas, excrecion intestinal de gas, flato, flatulencia, flatulencia/gas, pasaje de gas por el ano, síntoma aéreo, síntoma de flatulencia, sintoma aereo, sintoma de flatulencia
CreditsDerived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


Bowel sounds (C0232693)

ConceptsFinding (T033)
EnglishBorborygmi, BORBORYGMUS, Bowel sounds, Peristaltic sounds
Spanishborborigmo, borborigmos, ruidos intestinales, ruidos peristálticos, ruidos peristalticos
CreditsDerived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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