Possible causes of Abdominal swelling (Stomach swelling)
28 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.
- Ascites Common Urgent
- Celiac disease (gluten intestinal disease) Common
- Constipation Common Pediatric
- Inguinal hernia (groin hernia) Common Pediatric
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) Common
- Lactose intolerance Common Pediatric
- Malabsorption syndrome Common Pediatric
- Paralytic Ileus (intestinal paralysis) Common Pediatric
- Small bowel (intestine) obstruction (blockage) Common Urgent
- Urine retention (inability to urinate) Common Pediatric
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm (dilation) Urgent
- Bacterial overgrowth of small intestine
- Cancer (tumor)
- Cirrhosis (liver failure and scarring) Urgent
- Colon cancer (large intestine tumor) Urgent
- Congestive heart failure (CHF) Urgent
- Gastroparesis
- Intestinal ischemia (low blood flow) Urgent
- Intestinal volvulus (twisting of intestine) Urgent
- Large bowel obstruction (intestine blockage) Urgent
- Liver injury (liver laceration) Urgent
- Near drowning Urgent
- Ovarian cancer
- Pancreatic cancer (tumor)
- Renal failure, acute (sudden kidney failure) Urgent
- Spleen injury (splenic rupture) Urgent
- Toxic megacolon (toxic colitis) Urgent
- Umbilical hernia (belly button hernia) Pediatric