Kerri Dowdswell, from Cannock, Staffordshire is a trim young woman who has no trouble fitting in to her size 10 jeans，but minutes after she eats a meal her stomach becomes so bloated that strangers think she's about to give birth.
The 23-year-old has a mystery condition for a decade. Within hours, her stomach has shrunk back to its normal size - but the problem has got so bad that Kerri now wears maternity trousers when she goes out for dinner.
Kerri's condition has baffled doctors, who have spent a decadetrying to discover the cause.
Tests for food allergies and intolerances have all come back negative, and despite methodically cutting out different food groups from her diet, nothing has stopped Kerri's bloating episodes.
Kerr said:"Doctors are just as puzzled by it as I am, but as it doesn't seem to be causing any real harm, they've just told me it's one of those things I have to live with."
"It's really embarrassing. I've been asked several times when I'm due to give birth, and I usually have to explain that my 'baby' is a roast dinner," she said.
Kerri first began suffering from extreme bloating when she hit puberty - but the problem has got worse as she has got older.
As Kerri was convinced that something she was eating caused it, so she spent about a year living as a vegan, with no red meat, wheat or dairy - but it didn't stop her stomach from expanding.
She said:"I decided as it wasn't actually causing me any pain, I might as well eat the foods I enjoy, so I eat what I like now and don't deprive myself."
"I've learned to live with it, and I really have to see the funny side. My friends and family call it my 'food babies'," she added.


据英国《每日邮报》8月3日报道，来自英国斯塔福德郡坎诺克市的凯瑞•道斯威尔是位身材修长的年轻女性，她可以毫不费力地穿上10码大的牛仔裤，但是，只要她一吃饭，她的肚子就会在短短几分钟内变得异常膨胀，不熟悉的人还会误以为她怀有身孕。

这位23岁女孩的身体出现这一奇怪症状已经有十余年了。虽然她的肚子会在几个小时内缩回到正常尺寸，但让人头疼的是，现在只要凯瑞去参加晚宴，她就得穿着孕妇装。

凯瑞的情况让医生感到很困惑，他们已经花了10年时间寻找病因。

实验证明，这并非由食物过敏和食物不耐症引起，即使挨个排除凯瑞日常饮食中的各种食物，也无法让她的肚子不再出现这种症状。


凯瑞说："医生和我对此都感到疑惑，但是这种症状好像并不会对身体造成实质性伤害，所以医生只是告诉我，这是我必须接受的事实。"

她说："这确实挺难为情的，经常会有人问我什么时候生产，而我通常不得不解释说，我的'宝宝'是一顿烤肉大餐。"

凯瑞的肚子第一次变得异常膨胀是在她青春期时，随着年龄增长，这个问题也越来越严重。


凯瑞听信了别人的话，认为是因为自己吃了什么东西才会这样，所以她当了一年的素食主义者，不吃肉、小麦和乳制品，但即使这样她的肚子还是会膨胀。

她说："既然它没有给我带来实质性的疼痛，我就决定继续享受美食。所以现在我喜欢什么就吃什么，不剥夺自己的权利。"

"我已经学会去适应它，而且我也确实觉得这挺有趣的，我亲戚朋友都把它称为我的'食物宝宝'，"凯瑞补充说。

• stomach [´stʌmək] n.胃；胃口，食欲 (初中英语单词)
• mystery [´mistəri] n.神秘；秘密；故弄玄虚 (初中英语单词)
• normal [´nɔ:məl] a.正规的 n.正常状态 (初中英语单词)
• trousers [´trauzəz] n.裤子，长裤 (初中英语单词)
• despite [di´spait] prep.尽管 (初中英语单词)
• suffering [´sʌfəriŋ] n.痛苦；灾害 (初中英语单词)
• extreme [ik´stri:m] a.尽头的 n.极端 (初中英语单词)
• actually [´æktʃuəli] ad.事实上；实际上 (初中英语单词)
• decade [´dekeid] n.十年(间) (高中英语单词)
• negative [´negətiv] a.否定的 n.否定词 (高中英语单词)
• decided [di´saidid] a.明显的；决定的 (高中英语单词)
• deprive [di´praiv] vt.剥夺，使丧失 (高中英语单词)
• learned [´lə:nid] a.有学问的，博学的 (高中英语单词)
• trying [´traiiŋ] a.难堪的；费劲的 (英语四级单词)
• fitting [´fitiŋ] a.适当的 n.试衣 (英语六级单词)