Brief Answer: Hi and welcome to XXXXXXX Detailed Answer: Thanks for the query. It sounds to me like possible ventral hernia which sometimes occur at this place. Also, it may be subcutaneous lesion such as lipoma or fibroma or just muscular protrusion. Second possibility is enlarged liver and rarely it can be some more serious diagnosis. I suggest to do ultrasound which may reveal the exact diagnosis. Your dietary changes can cause stomach and intestinal bloating so it can be felt as bulge,or such bloating can cause hernia to be more prominent. Try to eat food that dont make you gassy and avoid weight lifting and see will it help. If notmyou should do ultrasound for the beginning and after it some more detailed gastroenterologic work up. Wish you good health.Feel fee to ask. Regards

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Brief Answer: Hi. Detailed Answer: I ll try to explain everything you asked. YOu can always ask any new question,I am here for you and hope I can help. Alcohol is just one of possible cause of enlarged and swollen liver. there are various other conditions such as fatty liver,viral hepatitis, blood disorders, bile duct obstruction or any other systemic infection. However, your problem sounds to me more like abdominal wall issue then intraabdominal pathology. It means that there can be some disorder in fatty tissue,fascia or muscle of your abdominal wall.Most commonly this is hernia,but also it can be rectal muscle diastasis,muscle rupture or lipoma,fibroma, etc.In all cases this is benign and it shouldnt cause serious consequances. Ventral hernia is usually seen in patients who underwent surgery,but it can also occur in healthy people with no obvious cause. There are risk factors such as obesity,weight lifting and some connective tissue diseases,but as I said,it can be seen in any men. The other one, hiatal hernia is hernia of stomach and it may be felt as bulging while bending or sitting or coughing. Ultrasound can reveal is there liver pathology or any other intraabdominal pathology which may cause such bulging despite hiatal hernia which can be investigated only by gastroscopy. Also US can see certain abdominal wall problems,consistency of possible mass and some other features. Of course,it is much less specific that ct scan,but for start you should do at least US and liver functional tests. Leg cramping is something else. It is usually seen in people with decreased leg blood flow due to atherosclerosis or diabetes or in calcim and potasioum defficiency. But,long walks and physical activity can definitely cause it as well. If this persists you should do doppler US of legs and check pottasisum/calcium blood levels.

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