The following symptoms and complaints may occur along with meteorism (flatulence):
Leading symptoms
- Feeling of fullness
- Tightness feeling of the clothes
- Pressure / pain in the middle and / or lower abdomen; possibly colicky (wave-like).
Accompanying symptoms
- Belching
- Flatulence (intestinal wind)
Warning signs (red flags) for somatic causes of disease
The following anamnestic information or symptoms require further diagnosis to exclude a somatic (physical) disease:
- Anamnestic information:
- Family history of inflammatory bowel disease
- Colon carcinoma (cancer of the large intestine) in the family
- In the basic laboratory: anemia (anemia) and signs of inflammation.
- Diarrhea (diarrhea)
- Constipation (constipation)
- Paradoxical diarrhea; diarrhea alternating with constipation → suspected colon cancer (colon cancer)
- Blood in the stool (hematochezia)
- Fatty stools (steatorrhea)
- Fever
- Weight loss > 10% with unchanged food intake.
- Performance kink
- Pain localize
- Nocturnal discomfort or waking up due topain or other symptoms.
- Pain away from the navel (in children).
- Palpable resistances
