Help! My mom is having SEVERE bloating!

**BlueEyedRaven** · 12-15-2010 12:24 PM

For a few weeks now my mom has found herself gassy and swollen but it seems the past few days it's gotten progressively worse. She's so bloated she's having trouble breathing she can barely eat, she's been nauseas and sick and her stomach literally looks several months pregnant. I told her she needs to go to the hospital or doctor but she won't listen to me. She said she's having some kinda of trouble with her pelvic area but i dont know what. I know she has a UTI right now (she has repetitive UTI's and they never do anything like this to her)

Her medical history includes IBS but i dont know its never done anything this bad. She has constipation IBS but she's been using the bathroom.
She also had ovary cysts when she was 14 that burst on there own and she had to have a hysterectomy in her mid twenties for the same reason. She still has her ovaries and I'm worried it might be more ovarian cysts.

Any clue on what it might be and how she can help it? I still say she needs to go to the doctor.

**pretzel** · 12-15-2010 01:11 PM

I think you very right. She needs to go to the ER now. The IBS may actually be something more serious. A rupture in her colon would cause sepsis very quickly.

Even a ruptured cyst could be very dangerous.

They'll do either an ultrasound or a CT scan to see what's the cause. Also blood work would show any infection.

Don't take this lightly.