The stomach hurts for various reasons, this symptom is found in the description of many diseases; you can do something at home to relieve the pain if you are sure that emergency help is not required. It is important to distinguish abdominal pain that is not life-threatening from one that requires immediate medical attention.
This article will describe the various localizations of abdominal pain, the characteristics of pain, from which organs they can manifest, and what you can do yourself at home to relieve an attack and prevent the occurrence of a new one.
For what reasons can your stomach hurt?
Causes of pain:
- diseases of internal organs (abdominal cavity);
- diseases of the genital organs;
- problems with the spine;
- spasms of the abdominal muscles;
- diseases of the nervous system
The cause of pain in the abdominal area can be diseases that are not directly related to the gastrointestinal tract. Pain can radiate to the abdomen with right-sided pneumonia, myocardial infarction, or pericarditis.
Diseases of the internal organs often cause disruption of blood flow or spasm of the smooth muscles of the abdominal cavity, inflammatory processes in organs and tissues.
If your stomach hurts after sour food
If your stomach starts to hurt after eating something sour, you have acidity problems.
In this case, it is difficult to give specific recommendations, since without an accurate diagnosis of the acidity level, an effective remedy cannot be found. However, you can use traditional medicine, such as dandelion, honey or aloe.
When thinking about what is best to take for stomach pain, try to pay attention to the experiences of other people and their advice. In addition, sometimes therapeutic fasting helps very well, but for this you need to consult with specialists in order to achieve a good result, the right approach to fasting.
Types of pain
• Pain on the right side of the upper abdomen
May occur with disease of the gallbladder and liver ducts. Diseases of the right kidney, duodenum, and pancreas also manifest themselves with this symptom.
In case of problems with the gallbladder, the pain radiates to the right shoulder, in case of duodenal ulcers and pancreatic diseases - in the back, kidney stones can provoke an attack that radiates to the groin, testicles and back.
• Pain localized in the upper left abdomen
This symptom is observed in diseases of the stomach and pancreas, left kidney, spleen, hiatal hernia.
• Pain occurring in the lower abdomen on the right side
This type of pain can be the cause of inflammation of the appendix, diseases of the right kidney, and genital organs.
• Pain occurring on the left side of the lower abdomen
Caused by damage to the transverse colon and sigmoid colon, inflammation of the left kidney, and diseases of the genitourinary system.
• Spasmodic pain in the abdomen (acute, paroxysmal, has a clear localization, can be constant or cramping)
This type of pain occurs during lead intoxication, in the precomatous stage of diabetes mellitus.
But you should know that the localization of pain does not always indicate the organ located in the painful area. It happens that in the first few hours after the onset of an attack it is impossible to clearly identify the painful area and only later the pain is concentrated in a certain area. With appendicitis, pain may initially occur in the epigastric region or navel area.
Sometimes abdominal pain (in children) is not associated with diseases of the internal organs of the abdominal cavity. Severe abdominal pain occurs several days before the rash on the body (with scarlet fever). Abdominal pain can also be a concern with acute respiratory viral infections, influenza, and other infections.
Pain in the navel area
Acute, sharp pain in the intestines and in the center of the abdomen, when it is difficult to straighten up and increased temperature, can signal appendicitis. These symptoms require calling a doctor immediately. You can drink, but it is better not to take solid food for now, because you may need surgery to remove your appendix.
Kidney diseases also lead to spasmodic or pulling contractions in the solar plexus area. In this case, there is swelling and rashes on the skin.
These problems should also be addressed immediately to a doctor. For any severe pain in the abdominal area, you need a doctor. After calling the ambulance, it is better to lie down. For acute pain in the intestines, you can only take antispasmodics.
Nausea, belching, sudden cramps, burning in the abdomen, heartburn - this could be irritable stomach syndrome, a sign of an ulcer or gastritis. With this diagnosis, a warm compress on the solar plexus can only do harm by accelerating bleeding. If such symptoms occur, doctors are also immediately called.
But often pain in the navel area and abdominal pain are caused by an excess of gases due to the abuse of soda and products that cause increased gas formation. When this happens, it is best to take a sorbent. It’s good to have a tablet of activated or white carbon or atoxil at home. Perhaps there is no particular danger, and the cause of abdominal discomfort was simply overeating fatty fried foods or sour foods (pickles, fresh juices, etc.). Take an antispasmodic (no-spa, drotaverine, papaverine) and a digestive enzyme product (mezim, pancreatin, festal).
If such pain occurs at least weekly, you need a gastroenterologist and you need to do an ultrasound diagnosis of your housing and communal services.
Nature of pain
To establish the correct diagnosis, the nature of the pain is of no small importance.
With spastic contractions of smooth muscles, cramping pain is observed. Such an attack occurs with renal and hepatic colic, intestinal obstruction. But it also happens that when such problems arise, the pain can be permanent.
In acute appendicitis, 20% of patients experience cramping pain due to contraction of the muscular membrane of the appendix due to blockage of its lumen.
Type of pain "dagger strike"
Occurs when a hollow organ, echinococcal cyst or abscess ruptures, with bleeding in the abdominal cavity, kidney, or spleen. With renal colic, this type of pain is also possible. During renal or hepatic colic, a person rushes about, cannot find a comfortable position, and takes various positions.
First aid for stomach pain
If you have severe stomach pain, don't panic. Take the fetal position, read what to do. Below we will describe in detail how to relieve pain.
1. Remove tight clothing, remove the belt and other accessories that put pressure on the abdominal cavity and stomach.
2. Pull your knees to your chest and lie on one side. Completely limit your movements and relax, breathe.
3. Do not eat anything for the next 2-4 hours. When gagging, clear the stomach by pressing on the root of the tongue.
4. Select a pharmaceutical medicine for pain and drink it according to the instructions. Before doing this, read the section with contraindications.
How to Find out the Right Cause of Abdominal Pain
In order not to make a mistake in diagnosis, you must try to establish the localization of the painful sensation. This means identifying the exact place where your stomach hurts and starting to do something at home. Type of pain - sharp, cutting, stabbing, intermittent, increasing or constant.
Symptoms that require immediate medical attention:
- fever, chills;
- “hard” stomach;
- incessant vomiting that does not bring relief;
- rare and rapid pulse;
- weakness, sweating, pallor of the skin and mucous membranes (possible with internal bleeding);
- fainting.
What to do at home if your stomach hurts
If you are sure that you can do without medical help, try to relieve the feeling of heaviness or rumbling in your stomach with simple remedies at home.
• In any case, it would be a good idea to take a Festal or Mezim tablet.
• Activated carbon solution relieves spasms in the abdomen and stomach. The drug removes toxins from the body, eliminates toxins, and relieves pain. For oral administration, dilute 50 g of crushed charcoal in 150 ml of warm water and drink. Usually after 20 minutes. unpleasant symptoms go away.
• The drug “Polysorb” has a good effect.
• Herbal collection
An infusion of the gastrointestinal collection will help cope with abdominal pain that does not require serious medical intervention.
A collection of rose hips, St. John's wort, yarrow, thyme, nettle leaves, peppermint, plantain, stevia, sage, chamomile flowers, linden, calamus rhizome, and chaga has an excellent analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect.
• It will not be superfluous to have a ready-made pharmacy mixture at home. It is easy to use: pour 200 ml of boiling water into a filter bag (1 piece), leave in a warm place under a lid for 15 minutes. You need to take the product 2 times a day with meals, 200 g.
• To relieve abdominal pain at home, sometimes it is enough to drink a glass of mineral water in small sips and try to relax for at least 20 minutes.
• The cause of an attack is sometimes overwork or being in a stressful situation. In this case, rest in a calm environment will help.
• Cumin tea
1 tsp caraway seeds, 250 g boiled water (hot). Prepare an infusion, leave covered for 10 minutes, strain and drink slowly.
• Spazmaton and Spazmalgon tablets can alleviate the patient’s condition. But if the pain returns after an hour, seek medical help immediately.
Prevention
Of course, if there is an attack of abdominal pain, this indicates some kind of disruption in the functioning of the internal organs. Therefore, even if you feel better, try to stick to your diet for 7 days. Avoid eating spicy, fatty, overly salty, sour, and canned foods.
During this period, give preference to light foods. Try to cook stewed or boiled dishes; steaming is ideal, but not fried or smoked!
Important! If your stomach hurts and you don’t know what to do, do not use hot heating pads or compresses at home to relieve an attack. This can have very serious consequences, even death.
If you suspect a perforation of the ulcer (profuse sweating, vomiting, severe panic, false improvement), you should not drink water or medicine!
Be careful if you experience abdominal pain! Clearly determine the seriousness of the situation and, if necessary, do not delay calling an ambulance.
Folk remedies
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Dandelion
Folk remedies, including dandelion leaves, are very good for relieving pain. To some extent, they can be called the best remedy for heartburn. In addition, dandelion leaves relieve heaviness and pain.
The leaves should be green, which will indicate their saturation. In order for them to help, you just need to chew them and then swallow them. Having bitterness is completely normal - it is something that needs to be tolerated in order to experience relief.
In case of severe pain, it is important to call an ambulance immediately - anything can happen and the minutes can count.
Aloe
Another not the most pleasant, but really helpful remedy is aloe juice squeezed from the leaves, you just need a little of it - no more than 10 ml.
Honey
If the doctor has already prescribed you medications, but you have a negative attitude towards pills, it would not be a bad idea to systematically consume honey, which will help to significantly reduce pain. But you need to remember that this tasty remedy helps only after 7 days, not immediately. In general, it is better to constantly include honey in your diet, because it has a lot of benefits for the body.
If honey seems too sweet to you, you can dilute it in water - this will not reduce its usefulness.
If you have gastritis, an ulcer or a chronic disease, or you are suffering from acute pain, medications can help. But in this case, traditional medicine should be treated very carefully and taken only after the permission of the attending physician.
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