Paroxysmal abdominal cramps after exposure to cold may be caused by physiologic factors, or there may be pathologic factors such as acute gastritis and peptic ulcer. The main treatment modalities include general treatment, medication and surgery.
1. Physiological causes: getting cold can induce gastrointestinal spasm, causing short-term paroxysmal abdominal colic. Can be relieved by abdominal hot compresses, massage and other general methods, when the pain is severe, you can follow the doctor’s instructions oral pivacyl bromide and other antispasmodic and analgesic treatment.
2. Acute gastritis: abdominal cold, eating cold irritating food and other factors caused by gastric mucosal microcirculation disorders, resulting in mucosal ischemia, hypoxia, causing acute erosive lesions. Common manifestations are epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting. Patients need to fasting and water fasting, appropriate rehydration, follow the doctor’s instructions to take omeprazole, aluminum thioglycollate and other drugs.
3. Peptic ulcer: mainly refers to the occurrence of chronic ulcers in the stomach and duodenum, due to excessive secretion of gastric acid, gastric acid and pepsin on the mucous membrane of the auto-digestion and other factors. The main manifestation is epigastric pain, episodes of abdominal pain in rhythmic, etc.. Discomfort can be aggravated by exposure to cold.
Patients need to eat a light diet and take medications such as omeprazole and cimetidine as prescribed by the doctor. Patients with definite H. pylori infection need to be sterilized. Surgery is needed if complications such as perforation and pyloric obstruction occur.
Paroxysmal abdominal cramps after getting cold should go to a specialized hospital to clarify the cause of the disease and under the guidance of the doctor for further examination and treatment.