I am having major stomach problems!! my stomach constantly feels full, but not full of food it just feels hard and full, and when i eat i feel way to full, i can't breathe properly when lying down due to this. The breathing doesn't feel really like shortness of breathe but more I have to force myself to breathe instead of doing it automatically, and i can't take full breathes because my stomach is so full. When i use the washroom I take very small poops and always still feel full after I am using the washroom 5-10 times a day and a lot of times they are false alarms. A few months ago I got extremely ill This April i bevel The symptoms started as the worst sore throat i have ever had in my life then went to my chest/lungs feeling full of liquid extreme wheezing, to a non painful infection in my right ear, then a few days later my left ear. I could not breathe at all while laying down during the worst of this illness. It lasted about 2- 2 1/2 weeks. After this initial time all the major symptoms were gone but the liquid in my chest and wheezing and slight cough stayed up until mid june when i went to a doctor and he told me to take a medication and if the symptoms did not clear up after two weeks i should get a chest x-ray. but i could not afford the medication at the time so i never got to it and maybe 1-2 months ago the symptoms went away. I still have the occasional cough and liquid build up. I do not know if the stomach thing is at all related to the chest infection or whatever it was.Also I have been feeling extremely tired over the past 1-2 months. I have always had insomnia so my sleeping patterns are out of whack in general but i noticed no matter how much sleep i was getting. but over the past i'd say 3 1/5 months I have been living in a really small living space and got almost 0 physical activity whatsoever! So i kind of associated the fatigue with that. I should also mention that my bloated stomach started happening after a night of extreme drinking I drank well over half a bottle of 47.5% alcohol along with at least 6 shots of various rums and whiskeys. This was almost 3 weeks ago, the stomach bloating started around this time i can not remember if it was right after or not though. I am planning on going to the ER Eventually to get this all examed i would just like an opinion first, because every time I go with something like this to the ER I get turned away saying it's a simple infection etc. I almost died a few years ago due goin to the ER two times but getting told there is nothing wrong with me, within two weeks my appendix ruptured and i was rushed into emergeny surgery on Christmas eve. So I want to know if it is worth pushing and forcing my doctors to examine me in every way possible, or if i should just leave it at their original diagnoses even if they say something like there's nothing wrong.
My stomach feels full of air, I still get hungry, and I can't breathe when lying down due to this?
Question posted by dimmitroff on 4 Dec 2016
Last updated on 5 December 2016 by Stephen Treloar
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You are describing the symptoms of someone at the threshold of decompensated liver failure or end stage liver disease. You have already noted that you suffer from pulmonary edema. I would take an educated cated guess that by stomach, you mean abdomen and that you have trouble breathing lying down. I would bet that your abdomen is full of fluid (Ascites), my guess would be four to 5 gallons (yes, that much!), you may have puffy lower legs and feet also (edema).
You need to see a gastroenterologist or liver doctor as soon as possible as if you continue to drink you will not have a long happy life.
Note: this is a personal opinion and should be considered as such. You definitely need professional help however, don't wait.
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