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Results 1 - 9 of 9 for Flatulence
  1. Intestinal gas (image) 
    Gas is formed in the intestines by the action of bacteria as food is being digested. Gas is also called flatus or flatulence, and is ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19608.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Gas gangrene (image) 
    Gas gangrene is a severe form of gangrene (tissue death) caused by the bacterium Clostridium perfringens. It ... causing painful swelling and destruction of involved tissue. Gas gangrene is rapidly progressive and often fatal.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/17190.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Gas gangrene (image) 
    Gas gangrene is a severe form of gangrene (tissue death) caused by the bacterium Clostridium perfringens. Patients ... vascular diseases are more prone to spontaneously develop gas gangrene, which is rapidly progressive and often fatal.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/17188.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Lungs (image) 
    ... lined sacks in which oxygen and carbon dioxide gas are exchanged.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1103.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Lower respiratory tract (image) 
    ... bunched together into clusters to form alveolar sacs. Gas exchange occurs on the surface of each alveolus ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19379.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Pneumothorax (image) 
    ... thin. Pneumothorax is the collection of air or gas in this space around the lungs, which leads ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19883.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Small bowel obstruction - x-ray (image) 
    ... bowel obstruction. When obstruction occurs, both fluid and gas collect in the intestine. They produce a characteristic ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/3069.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Pelvic laparoscopy - series (image) 
    ... perform certain surgical procedures. After the laparoscopy, the gas is released and the incision is stitched.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100131_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Laparoscopic surgery - series (image) 
    Carbon dioxide gas is infused through one of the trochars into the patient's abdomen. This pushes the anterior abdominal wall upward, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100166_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia