Tympany

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Medical condition

Tympany
Other names	meteorism, tympanites, tympanism, tympania
Specialty	Gastroenterology

Tympany or tympanites (sometimes tympanism or tympania), also known as meteorism (especially in humans), is a medical condition in which excess gas accumulates in the gastrointestinal tract and causes abdominal distension.^[1] The term is from the Greek τύμπανο (meaning "drum").

Possible causes

• Bowel obstruction
• Renal stones
• Functional disorder
• Overeating
• Bacterial overgrowth
• Inflammation of the bowel
• Blunt kidney trauma
• Peritonitis
• Menstruation

See also

• Ruminal tympany
• Bloating
• Kwashiorkor

References