Swollen battery after only 5 months ?!

So I've had my MacBook Pro 13 inch mid 2012 for like 5 months and while using it today the trackpad went all funny and it wouldn't click nor would it work properly it would just start doing it's on thing on it's own , anyhow I tried pressing on it etc to get it back to how it originally was , and then it did , but then a couple clicks later it went back to being stubborn and not clicking so after Abit of googling , I came by all these threads about MacBook Pros battery swelling and was wondering if that may be the cause and how I could find out if it is WITHOUT OPENING UP MY COMPUTER . As I don't wanna void my warranty ! Cause not long after that the whole trackpad became stuff and it wouldn't click it work at all really and I feel as though my battery had swelled , cause it sounds like what everyone else with a swollen battery has gone through . So anyway I've made an appointment with the Genius Bar at the apple store on Wednesday , I have 7 months full warranty left , do you think they'll check it and change the battery or what ? Thanks

So anyway I've made an appointment with the Genius Bar at the apple store on Wednesday , I have 7 months full warranty left , do you think they'll check it and change the battery or what
Yes. Don't open up the bottom enclosure. As you said, messing with it could void the warranty. Usually, battery swelling problems apply to older models, but it could be the case. Whatever the underlying issue is, they will address it when you bring it in - free of charge under warranty.

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Made In China. No thanks.

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I am very disgruntled since I know the battery swelling is a very well known issue, that the company should have a repair/exchange policy on these issues, and they should have some channel to communicate other than a phone number (none for Venezuela) inaccesible from outside the USA, but all I have been able to do in order to fix my problem was talking to a wall.
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Check your POWER in About this MAC,
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