Who knows the correct name for "sloshing stomach"?

[UTUSN]

Last edited Sat Oct 13, 2012, 10:31 PM - Edit history (1)

A year or two back somebody here provided the name for it. I was telling somebody about it, and she's also experienced it but she didn't know it's an actual condition or phenomenon. For once Google has failed me, "slouching SLOSHING stomach" brings up a lot of runners/joggers commenting about it. Web MD search, nothing. Eh? Thanks!1

[randr]

1. Tummic Rumblitis?

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. barbarigme

madinmaryland found the answer in July 2010..here is the link.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9436405#9436410

[UTUSN]

5. Thanks. Now how come "barbarigme" isn't bringing up anything in Google or med dictionaries?

I took it at face value back then, now it gets no verification I can find so far.

[UTUSN]

10. See post #6 for the spelling "borborygmus" & plural "borborygmi" which *do* bring up Search results

Although most of the results focus on "rumbling" and "growling," with only an occasional "gurgling," which is not exactly my "sloshing."



"A rumbling, gurgling, tinkling–stomach 'growling' noises heard on auscultation of the abdomen in conditions of ? intestinal peristalsis"

[pipi_k]

3. Don't know, but...

your question made me think of this...

"We're poooooorrrrrr!!!"

hahahahahaha!

[HopeHoops]

4. "Ralph"

[Donkees]

6. "Borborygmus (plural borborygmi) is a rumbling or gurgling noise"

[UTUSN]

8. O.K., there it is, a spelling variant from above's "barbarigme" - thanks.

Although the Search results mostly refer to "rumbling" and "growling" sounds, with the closest to my "sloshing" being "gurgling."


"A rumbling, gurgling, tinkling–stomach 'growling' noises heard on auscultation of the abdomen in conditions of ? intestinal peristalsis"

[Donkees]

14. Use keywords: "borborygmus sloshing"

[Aristus]

7. It could also be 'succussion splash.'

Not uncommon.

[UTUSN]

11. Holy Zeus, this sounds more serious, but I don't have any such vomiting, thanks

from Wiki: "Gastric outlet obstruction (often abbreviated as GOO) is a medical condition where there is an obstruction at the level of the pylorus, which is the outlet of the stomach. Individuals with gastric outlet obstruction will often have recurrent vomiting of food that has accumulated in the stomach, but which cannot pass into the small intestine due to the obstruction. The stomach often dilates to accommodate food intake and secretions. Causes of gastric outlet obstruction include both benign causes (such as peptic ulcer disease affecting the area around the pylorus), as well as malignant causes, such as gastric cancer. Treatment of the condition depends upon the underlying cause; it can involve endoscopic therapies (such as dilation of the obstruction with balloons or the placement of self expandable metallic stents), other medical therapies, or surgery to resolve the obstruction."

[rug]

9. I think this belongs in GD.

[UTUSN]

12. Yeah, fits with all the cute animals threads over there. n/t

[skygazer]

13. Painful rectal itch?

No, what... that's another thread....

[MiddleFingerMom]

15. Borborygmi is one of my favorite words. It's what the doctor listens to when he/she listens to...

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... your stomach. They are the sounds made by your lower GI tract (intestines) in the
digestive process. I wanted to name a blues band "Borborygmi" -- as in "sounds from
the gut".
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I get what you're referring to when I drink a LOT of fluids on an otherwise empty
stomach. Those are NOT borborygmi, as they're not caused by the digestive process.
They're loud enough to be heard by others at a distance. Since it's mechanical rather
than physiological, I bet it's simply known as something like "stomach-sloshing".
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[UTUSN]

16. "I bet it's simply known as something like 'stomach-sloshing'." ---- HAH!1 n/t