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What Causes Abdominal Bloating And Difficulty In Breathing?
Question: its 4:30 am. I am feeling tremendously bloated. I can't get back to sleep. I drank about four oz. water when i woke up at 3:40am. Have eaten nothing since 7:30 pm, and not even that much then. So uncomfortable I want to stab my abdomen. Feeling this full even makes it harder to breathe. This condition is extreme for me but the bloating itself is not unusual.
Brief Answer:
Take esomeprazole and peptobismol.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for choosing HealthcareMagic for your query,
I've gone through all your details and appreciate your concern.
Most likely, the problem you are having is called Dyspepsia.
Dyspepsia, in layman's language is known as indigestion. It is a term that describes discomfort or pain in the abdomen. However, it's not a disease in itself. Dyspepsia is a group of symptoms which often include bloating, belching nausea etc.
As the onset in your case is acute(few hours history)-
Take a proton pump inhibitor like Esomeprazole 40 mg twice daily along with a prokinetic drug (eg.Domperidone) for 5 days. This will provide you symptomatic relief from symptoms of dyspepsia (you may need to obtain prescription for this from your local physician).
Antacid like Pepto bismol should be taken 2tsf thrice daily.
Any over counter probiotic should be taken for few days to provide relief in symptoms of indigestion. VSL#3 is a good probiotic and can be taken twice daily.Bloating and acid can be caused by any kind of food. In most of the cases, it's fatty foods which cause these symptoms. Any food whether it's fat or protein or complex carbohydrate when can not be properly digested, releases large amount of gases like hydrogen, methane, carbon dioxide which causes you to bloat.
Apart from this, some dietary restrictions are to be followed-
- Avoid alcohol or smoking.
- No aerated beverages.
- Take light non spicy easily digestible food for few days.
- No Fast food like pizza or burger should be taken.
- Drink a cup of cold milk daily.
- Avoid fatty foods.
Hope I've answered your query.
Feel free to ask any follow up questions.
Take esomeprazole and peptobismol.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for choosing HealthcareMagic for your query,
I've gone through all your details and appreciate your concern.
Most likely, the problem you are having is called Dyspepsia.
Dyspepsia, in layman's language is known as indigestion. It is a term that describes discomfort or pain in the abdomen. However, it's not a disease in itself. Dyspepsia is a group of symptoms which often include bloating, belching nausea etc.
As the onset in your case is acute(few hours history)-
Take a proton pump inhibitor like Esomeprazole 40 mg twice daily along with a prokinetic drug (eg.Domperidone) for 5 days. This will provide you symptomatic relief from symptoms of dyspepsia (you may need to obtain prescription for this from your local physician).
Antacid like Pepto bismol should be taken 2tsf thrice daily.
Any over counter probiotic should be taken for few days to provide relief in symptoms of indigestion. VSL#3 is a good probiotic and can be taken twice daily.Bloating and acid can be caused by any kind of food. In most of the cases, it's fatty foods which cause these symptoms. Any food whether it's fat or protein or complex carbohydrate when can not be properly digested, releases large amount of gases like hydrogen, methane, carbon dioxide which causes you to bloat.
Apart from this, some dietary restrictions are to be followed-
- Avoid alcohol or smoking.
- No aerated beverages.
- Take light non spicy easily digestible food for few days.
- No Fast food like pizza or burger should be taken.
- Drink a cup of cold milk daily.
- Avoid fatty foods.
Hope I've answered your query.
Feel free to ask any follow up questions.
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