Abdominal bloating (or simply bloating) is a short-term disease that affects the gastrointestinal tract. Bloating is generally characterized by an excess buildup of gas, air or fluids in the stomach. A person may have feelings of tightness, pressure or fullness in the stomach; it may or may not be accompanied by a visibly distended abdomen. Bloating can affect anyone of any age range and is usually self-diagnosed, in most cases does not require serious medical attention or treatment. Although this term is usually used interchangeably with abdominal distension, these symptoms probably have different pathophysiological processes, which are not fully understood.The first step for the management is to find a treatment for the underlying causes that produce it through a detailed medical history and a physical examination. The discomfort can be alleviated by the use of certain drugs and dietary modifications.Bloating can also be caused by chronic conditions and in rare cases can be a reoccurring life-threatening problem. Symptoms and signs
The most common symptom associated with bloating is a sensation that the abdomen is full or distended. Rarely, bloating may be painful or cause shortness of breath.Pains that are due to bloating will feel sharp and cause the stomach to cramp. These pains may occur anywhere in the body and can change locations quickly. They are so painful that they are sometimes mistaken for heart pains when they develop on the upper left side of the chest. Pains on the right side are often confused with problems in the appendix or the gallbladder.
spinipalpusm, Dermacentor andersoni, and D. variabilis
Endemic to: North America and eastern Russia
Colorado tick fever
Organism: Colorado tick fever virus (CTF), a coltivirus from the Reoviridae
Vector: Dermacentor andersoni
Region: US (West)
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Organism: CCHF virus, a nairovirus, from the Bunyaviridae
Vector: Hyalomma marginatum, Rhipicephalus bursa
Region: Southern part of Asia, Northern Africa, Southern Europe
Severe febrile illnessOrganism: Heartland virus, a phlebovirus, from the Bunyaviridae
Vector: Lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum)
Region: Missouri and Tennessee, United States
Severe febrile illness, headaches, coma in 1/3 patientsOrganism: tentatively Alongshan virus, jingmenvirus group in the flavivirus family
Vector: tick (likely Ixodes persulcatus, Ixodes ricinus), mosquitoes
Region: Inner Mongolia but potentially more widespread

Protozoan
Babesiosis
Organism: Babesia microti, Theileria equi
Vector: Ixodes scapularis (deer tick), I. pacificus (western black-legged tick)
Region (US): Northeast, West Coast
Cytauxzoonosis
Organism: Cytauxzoon felis
Vector: Amblyomma americanum (Lone star tick)
Region (US): South, Southeast

Toxin
Tick paralysis
Cause: Toxin
Vector (US): Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mountain wood tick), D. variabilis (American dog tick or wood tick)
Region (US): D. andersoni: East, D. variabilis: East, West coast
Vector (Australia): Ixodes holocyclus (Australian paralysis tick)
Region (Australia): East

Allergies
Alpha-gal allergy - Alpha-gal syndrome is likely caused by a hypersensitivity reaction to the Alpha-gal (Galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose) sugar molecule introduced by ticks while feeding on a human host. The immune reaction can leave people with an allergy to red meat and other mammalian derived products.