Pain is a sign of disease, and if you can see a doctor in time because of this sign, the disease will be treated and removed as early as possible.
Abdominal pain is a pain in the stomach. “Tummy ache” grows up with every child and is a physical pain that almost everyone has felt at one time or another.
Many kinds of gastrointestinal diseases can cause abdominal pain, such as dysentery and acute gastritis in acute gastrointestinal diseases, and ulcer disease, gastric cancer, pancreatitis, cholecystitis, irritable bowel syndrome in chronic gastrointestinal diseases.
Don’t think that abdominal pain only occurs when you have gastrointestinal disease, some diseases outside the gastrointestinal tract may also show abdominal pain, such as angina pectoris (a type of heart disease) attacks often appear in the upper abdomen pain. Therefore, it is important to pay great attention to this disease signal of abdominal pain and go to the hospital in time.
What does abdominal pain feel like?
The nature of abdominal pain (self-perception of pain, duration, etc.) may vary from disease to disease, and it is important to describe your sensations in detail to your doctor.
Pain can be felt in a variety of ways, from a vague ache, to a sharp, knife-like pain, to a twisting cramp, to a dull ache. Some abdominal pains are experienced in bursts, others are constant, and there are also sudden abdominal pains. Abdominal pain can come and go, or be mild and severe. The following are some common abdominal pain sensations of gastrointestinal diseases.
1, gastritis: mostly upper abdominal vague pain.
2, gastric ulcer perforation: sudden onset of knife-like, burning-like pain.
3, gallstones: a burst of severe colic in the right upper abdomen, pain radiating to the back of the right shoulder.
4.Chronic cholecystitis: persistent dull pain.
5.Gastrointestinal tumor: the pain is often stubborn and getting worse.
Under what circumstances should abdominal pain be sought immediately by a doctor?
Abdominal pain that occurs under the following circumstances is a sign of a more urgent condition and should be seen by a hospital immediately.
1. Sudden onset of unbearable abdominal pain.
2. Abdominal pain accompanied by fever, which is usually referred to as “fever”.
3, abdominal pain accompanied by nausea and vomiting.
4, abdominal pain accompanied by pale face, head cold sweat, cold hands and feet.
5, abdominal pain after trauma.
6.Abdominal pain initially occurs in the middle and upper abdomen, and after a few hours, the abdominal pain shifts to the right lower abdomen.
7.Distension and pain in the left lower abdomen, trying to defecate but always unable to do so.
8.Women with sudden onset of severe abdominal pain with vaginal bleeding; normally normal menstruation, no menstruation for about two months before abdominal pain.
The abdominal pain in the above cases should generally be seen in internal medicine or emergency department first. Since not all abdominal pains are caused by internal diseases, the doctor will ask the participation of specialists in surgery and gynecology to make further definite diagnosis after necessary examination and laboratory tests according to the patient’s condition, if necessary.