Alvarez' syndrome is a medical disorder in which the abdomen becomes
bloated without any obvious reason, such as
intestinal gas
Flatulence, in humans, is the expulsion of gas from the intestines via the anus, commonly referred to as farting. "Flatus" is the medical word for gas generated in the stomach or bowels. A proportion of intestinal gas may be swallowed environm ...
. It may be caused when the muscles of the superior abdominal wall contract and push the contents of the abdomen inferiorly and anteriorly. It may be a
psychogenic disorder. It was discovered by and named for
Walter C. Alvarez in the late 1940s.
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Digestive diseases
Syndromes
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