The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by meteorism (flatulence):
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)
- Cardiac arrhythmias (HRS) due to Roemheld’s syndrome (reflex cardiac symptoms caused by gas accumulation in the intestine and stomach; e.g. after sumptuous, high-fat meal; symptomatology: extrasystoles (heartbeat that occurs outside the physiological heart rhythm), sinus bradycardia (< 60 heartbeats/min), sinus tachycardia (> 100 heartbeats/min), angina pectoris (“chest tightness”; sudden pain in the cardiac region), dysphagia (dysphagia), syncope (brief loss of consciousness), vertigo (dizziness)).
Psyche – Nervous System (F00-F99; G00-G99).
- The person excludes himself from social life, does not leave the house under certain circumstances
