April BLOATING/jana

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Ihad cat scan, nuclear scan ultrasound and MRI..... said nothing

wrong......... and some people do bloat with a hard stomach from hep c.

April you seem so kowledgeable and I don't mean to refute what you are

saying... in my case, I go from size 8 ---- 16 with hard bloating for ten

years..... nothing ever showed in any scan...... not saying Jana should

not go to anything doc says.... just my experience was ...... golllllly

don't know why....... but your reasoning sounds perfecto..... don't mean

to sound harsh....... good advice... but in my experience about 1/3 people

with hepc suffer from this.......... and I can only speak for ME re

scan..... showed NOTHING..... blessings, Sally (nurse before disability

in fectious diseases) I had ct scan, nuclear scan, ultra sound and

MRI....... they all said diagnosis or findings....all normal..........

really.... sally

--- Aprilcupcake@... wrote:

> Jana...

>

> This could be a build up of fat in the omentum, which lies just beneath

> the

> stomach.

> When your liver cannot effectively store excess fat, like cholesterol

> and

> triglycerides,

> the omentum takes over for it. (the omentum connects the stomach to

> other

> abdominal

> organs, and the liver)

> This omentum fat, also sucks insulin out of the blood,

> causing your blood sugar to rise.

> Some omentum fat is necessary..it gives your organs a quick source of

> energy

> should they need it...but it generally is fairly low.

> When there is excess omentum fat, it can literally strangle your other

> organs, and

> press on your diaphram and stomach, making it difficult to eat, and

> breathe.

> It can also squash your kidneys enough to make them release hormones

> that

> will raise your blood pressure.

> The omentum fat, when accumulated..kind of drapes down into belly a bit

> causing

> you look a bit pregnant, and it can feel semi hard, to very hard.

> True bloating is generally not local..there will be some bloating in the

>

> extremities

> and face as well as the belly..although the accumulation of fluid with

> ascites can

> appear to be confined to the abdomen.

>

> The only way to determine if it is omentum is with a CAT scan.

>

>

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