A rumbling stomach is often a natural occurrence. But frequent, unusually loud sounds or the lack of abdominal sounds may indicate an underlying health condition. Stomach and bowel sounds, also known ...

Sometimes my stomach growls so loudly that other people can hear it. It’s pretty awkward in meetings. I asked my friend Ed Johnson why that happens. He teaches classes about the human body in the ...

Swallowing air by eating too quickly can cause stomach growling. Eating regular meals and snacks prevents empty stomach noises. Excessive stomach growling with other symptoms may indicate an ...

Stomach growling, or borborygmi, can result from hunger, slow or incomplete digestion, or the consumption of certain foods. These growling and rumbling noises do not always emanate from the stomach, ...

Many people experience stomach noises after eating. While this can be embarrassing at times, it is entirely natural and usually not a sign of a medical condition. Gut noises, or borborygmi, are the ...

Almost everyone has experienced that awkward moment when their stomach suddenly makes loud, gurgling noises, often at the most inconvenient times. These sounds, medically known as borborygmus, are ...

Stomach noises like gurgling and growling are usually a normal part of digestion, often linked to hunger when the stomach is empty, but can occur anytime. While usually harmless, excessive stomach ...

Why do our stomachs always seem to make the most noise in the quietest rooms? Although stomachs are technically just as likely to rumble in noisy areas as they are in quiet ones, borborygmi (another ...

Loud stomach growls are usually a sign of a healthy digestive system at work, driven by muscle contractions moving gas and liquid. While often normal, persistent or painful noises, especially with ...

Dear Dr. K: As I get older, it seems my stomach is more likely to make growling noises. Why does it do this, and what can I do about it? It’s embarrassing. Dear Reader: Maybe your stomach is trying to ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Your stomach's gurgles, medically termed borborygmus, are a normal sign of a healthy, active digestive system. These sounds, caused by food, liquid, and air moving through your intestines via ...