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What Causes Abdominal Distention?

I AM 37 YO MALE 250 LBS I DO BODY WORK FOR WORK. I TOOK A DRINK OF WATER IN THE AM AND THEN A DOLLAR SIZE PALPABLE AND MOBILE SOFT TISSUE MASS APEARED JUST UNDER THE STERNUM. SLIGHT DISCOMFORT EXTENDED TO BOTH SIDE ACROSS THE FRONT FROM THAT MASS. NO OTHER SYMPTOMS AND I DON,T KNOW IF THE MASS WAS THERE YESTERDAY BECAUSE I NOTICED IT WITH THE DISCOMFORT I FELT. ? HERNIA
Mon, 21 Aug 2017
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I don't think you need to worry about. Hernia doesn't appear over night.
However you try to bring your weight down by 25 LBS gradually by diet control & exercise, you will be fine.
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What Causes Abdominal Distention?

I don t think you need to worry about. Hernia doesn t appear over night. However you try to bring your weight down by 25 LBS gradually by diet control & exercise, you will be fine.