cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoHow do I know if my stomach/abdomen distension is temporary or I'm just a little fat? It feels like a baloon/lot of empty spacemessage-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down15
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareHow do I know if my stomach/abdomen distension is temporary or I'm just a little fat? It feels like a baloon/lot of empty spacecheese_greater@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIf Infully relax and don’t force it I literally look a small malnourished pregant woman or someone pregnant in a beachball-esque way. What the fuck
minus-squarekrayj@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoVisceral fat can cause this (especially in men), but it’s usually a side-effect of being overweight and it sounds like you describe yourself as looking ‘malnourished’. https://www.webmd.com/diet/what-is-visceral-fat There is at least one type of malnutrition, “Kwashiorkor”, caused by protein deficiency that can cause something like this also. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23099-kwashiorkor But, disclaimer, I am not a doctor, so best advice is to get checked out by your healthcare provider.
minus-squareBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoProbably need a good shit.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI really wonder if all the scalloped potatoes imI may or may not have consumed in the last like 48-72 hours are bad news bears
If Infully relax and don’t force it I literally look a small malnourished pregant woman or someone pregnant in a beachball-esque way. What the fuck
Visceral fat can cause this (especially in men), but it’s usually a side-effect of being overweight and it sounds like you describe yourself as looking ‘malnourished’. https://www.webmd.com/diet/what-is-visceral-fat
There is at least one type of malnutrition, “Kwashiorkor”, caused by protein deficiency that can cause something like this also. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23099-kwashiorkor
But, disclaimer, I am not a doctor, so best advice is to get checked out by your healthcare provider.
Probably need a good shit.
I really wonder if all the scalloped potatoes imI may or may not have consumed in the last like 48-72 hours are bad news bears