Abdominal pain ranged from dull to sharp or burning and shooting. Abdominal pain occur in various diseases and conditions.
General Information
Pain that occurs near the navel and moves to the right lower abdomen, appendicitis may indicate inflammation of the appendix (appendix intestine). In most serious cases, removal of the appendix need surgery. When running appendicitis appendix can break. If you experience severe pain or tenderness in the right lower abdomen, pain vzhivote walking, nausea, vomiting or loss of appetite, fever, you should immediately consult a doctor.
Pain in the left lower part of the peritoneum can be a symptom of diverticulitis. Diverticulitis occurs when the walls of the colon are formed spherical capsules small called diverticula which are subsequently infected and inflamed. Among other symptoms of diverticulitis include fever, nausea, vomiting, chills, cramping, and constipation. Diverticulitis treatment usually involves cleaning of colon inflammation and infections. Your doctor may prescribe antibiotics and / or analgesics, liquid diet and bed rest for a few days. In some cases, treatment of diverticulitis requires a stay in hospital. If you have complications may need surgery. The best way to prevent diverticulitis diet enriched with fiber. Dietary fiber promotes proper digestion and reduce pressures in the colon. Gradually increase the amount of fiber in your daily diet, drink plenty of fluids. Help prevent diverticulitis timely bowel movements. The accumulation of waste digestive system entails an increase in pressure in the colon.
Acute pain in the right hypochondrium, worse after eating, indicating the presence of lesion of the gallbladder. By gallbladder disease include stones and inflammation of the gallbladder (cholecystitis). If you have complications defeat the gallbladder may have other symptoms along with pain in the peritoneum. These include: jaundice (yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes), high fever and chills. Sometimes people with gallstones do not experience any symptoms. When regularly occurring pain in the right upper quadrant should consult your doctor. With attacks of pain in the gallbladder can handle a number of ways, from simply waiting (observation of symptoms for some time, the absence of any treatment) before the medicines, and even surgery. Reduce the symptoms of gall bladder may also be reducing the amount of fat in their diets.
Abdominal pain, relaxes after a bowel movement and is accompanied by diarrhea or constipation, may indicate irritable bowel syndrome frequently encountered violations of the gastrointestinal tract, the cause of which is not yet established. In the event of irritable bowel syndrome, intestinal wall is compressed too much, too little, sometimes too slow, and sometimes the other way round too quickly. The symptoms of this disease include: bloating, flatulence, mucous stools, constant desire to empty the bowel.With this syndrome can not be dealt with by surgical methods or drugs. However, the deterioration can be prevented by eating large amounts of water, increasing the amount of fiber in the diet, reducing the amount of caffeine consumption and increasing physical activity.
Sharp burning pain in the upper and middle parts of the abdomen (between the breastbone and the navel) may indicate the presence of ulcers. An ulcer is a wound formed in tissue of the stomach or upper intestine. Causes ulcers set. Can play a role smoking, taking aspirin, ibuprofen or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Ulcer may also occur if the stomach can not protect themselves against the potent gastric juice. Helicobacter pylori bacteria that live in the stomach - also capable of causing an ulcer. Stress and spicy foods may not be the cause of ulcers. Heartburn alone can not testify about the disease. Severe pain such as heartburn can also be caused by less serious disease gastroesophageal reflux disease.
In women, abdominal pain may indicate any problems with the reproductive system. Pelvic pain occurring every month before menstruation, endometriosis can speak about a state in which the particles are moving tissue of the uterus through the fallopian tube and onto the ovaries, renal pelvis, bladder, and other organs. Soreness in the lower abdomen can mean pelvic inflammatory disease (infection of the uterus, ovaries or fallopian tubes). In women of childbearing age ectopic pregnancy can also cause acute or sharp stabbing pains in the peritoneum, accompanied by vaginal bleeding, irregular menstrual cycles and pain radiating to the shoulders. Ovarian cyst and uterine fibroids can also cause abdominal pain in women.
For other cases the appearance of abdominal pain include: urinary tract infections, food poisoning and allergies, hernia, kidney stones, and lactose intolerance.
Causes of abdominal pain
In most cases, abdominal pain caused quite common causes such as emotional disorders, overeating or flu. However, these pain symptoms can be caused by a more severe disease. Clearly identify the cause of the pain can be a doctor.
Symptoms
In the event of weakly expressed pain, appearing sporadically for less than 4 weeks, you can try to deal with the problem on their own.
It is recommended to consult a doctor for pain, appearing sporadically for more than 4 weeks.
Need urgent medical care under the following conditions:
- The pain is accompanied by fever, jaundice, dark urine, severe nausea or vomiting, light pasty stools;- Sudden sharp stabbing pain in the abdomen, accompanied by vaginal bleeding, irregular cycles, pain radiating to the shoulders;- Severe persistent pain in the peritoneum after injury;- Sudden very severe pain lasting more than 2 hoursNeed urgent hospitalization If the following symptoms:- Abdominal pain, accompanied by unexpected bright red rectal bleeding or vomiting blood or a substance like coffee grounds;- Dizziness, light-headedness, rapid pulse, cold clammy skin.
What can you do with abdominal pain
Weak pain not associated with disease ulcer, diverticulitis, or gallbladder disease, can be treated at home. It should give the body enough time to rest. To ease the pain, take simple analgesics or antispasmodics (drotaverin, paracetamol). Do not use aspirin or other anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen. Avoid alcohol and caffeine.
Do not use laxatives and enemas or place.
What can a doctor
To determine the cause of the pain, your doctor may ask you the following questions: "Describe the pain you feel" (spastic, sharp or dull), constant, or does it occur intermittently? At what point do you feel the pain? At what point she appeared? How long? When pain occurs? (Menstruating? Is a growing pain after eating?) Probably need further examination.
Method of treatment will depend on the causes of abdominal pain.
General Information
Pain that occurs near the navel and moves to the right lower abdomen, appendicitis may indicate inflammation of the appendix (appendix intestine). In most serious cases, removal of the appendix need surgery. When running appendicitis appendix can break. If you experience severe pain or tenderness in the right lower abdomen, pain vzhivote walking, nausea, vomiting or loss of appetite, fever, you should immediately consult a doctor.
Pain in the left lower part of the peritoneum can be a symptom of diverticulitis. Diverticulitis occurs when the walls of the colon are formed spherical capsules small called diverticula which are subsequently infected and inflamed. Among other symptoms of diverticulitis include fever, nausea, vomiting, chills, cramping, and constipation. Diverticulitis treatment usually involves cleaning of colon inflammation and infections. Your doctor may prescribe antibiotics and / or analgesics, liquid diet and bed rest for a few days. In some cases, treatment of diverticulitis requires a stay in hospital. If you have complications may need surgery. The best way to prevent diverticulitis diet enriched with fiber. Dietary fiber promotes proper digestion and reduce pressures in the colon. Gradually increase the amount of fiber in your daily diet, drink plenty of fluids. Help prevent diverticulitis timely bowel movements. The accumulation of waste digestive system entails an increase in pressure in the colon.
Acute pain in the right hypochondrium, worse after eating, indicating the presence of lesion of the gallbladder. By gallbladder disease include stones and inflammation of the gallbladder (cholecystitis). If you have complications defeat the gallbladder may have other symptoms along with pain in the peritoneum. These include: jaundice (yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes), high fever and chills. Sometimes people with gallstones do not experience any symptoms. When regularly occurring pain in the right upper quadrant should consult your doctor. With attacks of pain in the gallbladder can handle a number of ways, from simply waiting (observation of symptoms for some time, the absence of any treatment) before the medicines, and even surgery. Reduce the symptoms of gall bladder may also be reducing the amount of fat in their diets.
Abdominal pain, relaxes after a bowel movement and is accompanied by diarrhea or constipation, may indicate irritable bowel syndrome frequently encountered violations of the gastrointestinal tract, the cause of which is not yet established. In the event of irritable bowel syndrome, intestinal wall is compressed too much, too little, sometimes too slow, and sometimes the other way round too quickly. The symptoms of this disease include: bloating, flatulence, mucous stools, constant desire to empty the bowel.With this syndrome can not be dealt with by surgical methods or drugs. However, the deterioration can be prevented by eating large amounts of water, increasing the amount of fiber in the diet, reducing the amount of caffeine consumption and increasing physical activity.
Sharp burning pain in the upper and middle parts of the abdomen (between the breastbone and the navel) may indicate the presence of ulcers. An ulcer is a wound formed in tissue of the stomach or upper intestine. Causes ulcers set. Can play a role smoking, taking aspirin, ibuprofen or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Ulcer may also occur if the stomach can not protect themselves against the potent gastric juice. Helicobacter pylori bacteria that live in the stomach - also capable of causing an ulcer. Stress and spicy foods may not be the cause of ulcers. Heartburn alone can not testify about the disease. Severe pain such as heartburn can also be caused by less serious disease gastroesophageal reflux disease.
In women, abdominal pain may indicate any problems with the reproductive system. Pelvic pain occurring every month before menstruation, endometriosis can speak about a state in which the particles are moving tissue of the uterus through the fallopian tube and onto the ovaries, renal pelvis, bladder, and other organs. Soreness in the lower abdomen can mean pelvic inflammatory disease (infection of the uterus, ovaries or fallopian tubes). In women of childbearing age ectopic pregnancy can also cause acute or sharp stabbing pains in the peritoneum, accompanied by vaginal bleeding, irregular menstrual cycles and pain radiating to the shoulders. Ovarian cyst and uterine fibroids can also cause abdominal pain in women.
For other cases the appearance of abdominal pain include: urinary tract infections, food poisoning and allergies, hernia, kidney stones, and lactose intolerance.
Causes of abdominal pain
In most cases, abdominal pain caused quite common causes such as emotional disorders, overeating or flu. However, these pain symptoms can be caused by a more severe disease. Clearly identify the cause of the pain can be a doctor.
Symptoms
In the event of weakly expressed pain, appearing sporadically for less than 4 weeks, you can try to deal with the problem on their own.
It is recommended to consult a doctor for pain, appearing sporadically for more than 4 weeks.
Need urgent medical care under the following conditions:
- The pain is accompanied by fever, jaundice, dark urine, severe nausea or vomiting, light pasty stools;- Sudden sharp stabbing pain in the abdomen, accompanied by vaginal bleeding, irregular cycles, pain radiating to the shoulders;- Severe persistent pain in the peritoneum after injury;- Sudden very severe pain lasting more than 2 hoursNeed urgent hospitalization If the following symptoms:- Abdominal pain, accompanied by unexpected bright red rectal bleeding or vomiting blood or a substance like coffee grounds;- Dizziness, light-headedness, rapid pulse, cold clammy skin.
What can you do with abdominal pain
Weak pain not associated with disease ulcer, diverticulitis, or gallbladder disease, can be treated at home. It should give the body enough time to rest. To ease the pain, take simple analgesics or antispasmodics (drotaverin, paracetamol). Do not use aspirin or other anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen. Avoid alcohol and caffeine.
Do not use laxatives and enemas or place.
What can a doctor
To determine the cause of the pain, your doctor may ask you the following questions: "Describe the pain you feel" (spastic, sharp or dull), constant, or does it occur intermittently? At what point do you feel the pain? At what point she appeared? How long? When pain occurs? (Menstruating? Is a growing pain after eating?) Probably need further examination.
Method of treatment will depend on the causes of abdominal pain.
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