text: can water cause bloating?   common causes for abdominal bloating are:  overeating (gastric distension)  lactose intolerance, fructose intolerance and other food intolerances  food allergy  aerophagia (air swallowing, a nervous habit)  alvarez' syndrome, hysterical or neurotic abdominal bloating without excess of gas in the digestive tract  irritable bowel syndrome  partial bowel obstruction  gastric dumping syndrome or rapid gastric emptying  the ingestion of some gas-producing foods  constipation  splenic-flexure syndrome  menstruation, dysmenorrhea and premenstrual stress syndrome  polycystic ovary syndrome and ovarian cysts  massive infestation with intestinal parasites, such as worms (e.g, ascaris lumbricoides)  diverticulosis  important but uncommon causes of abdominal bloating include large intra-abdominal tumors, such as those arising from ovarian, liver, uterus and stomach cancer; and megacolon, an abnormal dilation of the colon, due to some diseases, such as chagas disease, a parasitic infection.  gaseous bloating may be a consequence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures, due to the artificial mouth-to-mouth insuflation of air.  postmortem bloating occurs in cadavers, due to the formation of gases by bacterial action and putrefaction of the internal tissues of the abdomen and the inside of the intestines.  in some animals, like cats, dogs and cattle, gastric dilatation-volvulus, or bloat also occurs when gas is trapped inside the stomach and a gastric torsion or volvulus prevents it from escaping.