Re: Upper abdominal bloatedness?

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Upper abdominal bloatedness?

I need help with a client who complains of constant burping and gaseous type

of symptoms. He has some upper abdominal bloatedness going on, in fact

that's where he holds the majority of his stomach. I haven't seen anything

like this before. Any exercise that I perform where pressure is placed on

his stomach he burps almost immediately. Now it sounds like heartburn to me

because I know he rarely drinks water. He also eats out more than once a day

at the same restaurant! Here's what I've suggested:

1. Rotation Diet

2. Drink half his body weight in ounces of water

3. Possibly a Colon cleanse

4. Eliminate all grains

5. Eat only organic foods

Can anyone add something to the list? I just wanted to see if anyone has

dealt with a individual such as this. Is there a diagnosis for these

symptoms and should I refer him out?

Matt Pack

Impack Total Fitness

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>I need help with a client who complains of constant burping and gaseous type

>of symptoms. He has some upper abdominal bloatedness going on, in fact

>that's where he holds the majority of his stomach. I haven't seen anything

>like this before. Any exercise that I perform where pressure is placed on

>his stomach he burps almost immediately. Now it sounds like heartburn to me

>because I know he rarely drinks water. He also eats out more than once a day

>at the same restaurant! Here's what I've suggested:

>

>1. Rotation Diet

>2. Drink half his body weight in ounces of water

>3. Possibly a Colon cleanse

>4. Eliminate all grains

>5. Eat only organic foods

>

>Can anyone add something to the list? I just wanted to see if anyone has

>dealt with a individual such as this. Is there a diagnosis for these

>symptoms and should I refer him out?

You might give him a celiac panel (IgA antigliadin antibodies, TTG, and a couple

of

others) or Dr. Fine's stool test. Upper intestinal bloating is probably most

often caused by IgA allergies, usually to gluten. But eliminating " grains "

doesn't

always cure it because minute amounts can cause the problem and there is

a lot of cross-contamination. They are just experimenting with diagnosing

it via ultrasound ... the upper intestine becomes very enlarged, as does the

gall bladder, and there is more intestinal fluid. It is a pretty common

condition,

but one of the least diagnosed (it actually made this month's Reader's Digest

as one of the top 10 misdiagnosed conditions ...). The screening blood test

is pretty cheap (about $15, I think).

-- Heidi