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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)
MSHD004884
EnglishBelching, Belching symptom, Belchings, Burping, Eructate, Eructation, Eructation symptom, Eructations, GAS RAISING, GASEOUS REGURGITATION
Spanisheructacion, eructo, regueldo, sintoma de eructo
Parent ConceptsDigestive System Disorders, General, Functional and NEC (C0549522), GASTRIC/DUODENAL (C0549614), Signs and Symptoms, Digestive (C0037089), Gastrointestinal System Finding (C1333803), Eructation (C0014724), Flatulence, eructation, and gas pain (C0016205), Finding of upper gastrointestinal gas (C0577091), Oral cavity AND/OR esophageal function (C1268925), Duplicate concept (C1274013)
SourcesCOSTAR, CSP, CST, DXP, MSH, MTH, NCI, NDFRT, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived 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)
MSHD005414
EnglishFarting, Flatulence, Flatulence symptom, Flatulence/wind, Flatus, Full of wind, Intestinal gas excretion, Passage of gas by anus, Passing flatus, Wind - flatus, Wind symptom
Spanisheliminacion de gases, Eliminacion de ventosidades, excrecion intestinal de gas, flato, flatulencia, flatulencia/gas, pasaje de gas por el ano, sintoma aereo, sintoma de flatulencia
Parent ConceptsDigestive System Disorders, General, Functional and NEC (C0549522), SMALL/LARGE BOWEL (C0549617), Signs and Symptoms, Digestive (C0037089), Gastrointestinal System Finding (C1333803), Flatulence (C0016204), Flatulence, eructation, and gas pain (C0016205), Large bowel function (C0232680), Digestive symptom (C0476288), Finding of gastrointestinal tract gas (C0577089), Finding of flatus (C0577090), Ambiguous concept (C1274012), Duplicate concept (C1274013), Body Excretions (C0504085)
SourcesCOSTAR, CSP, CST, DXP, LCH, MSH, MTH, NCI, NDFRT, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT, UWDA
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


Bowel sounds (C0232693)

ConceptsFinding (T033)
EnglishBorborygmi, BORBORYGMUS, Bowel sounds, BS - Bowel sounds, Peristaltic sounds
Spanishborborigmo, borborigmos, ruidos intestinales, ruidos peristalticos
Parent ConceptsFinding of bowel sounds (C0577154), Characteristic of bowel sounds (C1286164)
SourcesCSP, CST, DXP, MTH, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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