Abdominal pain after eating mussels is often associated with food allergies, indigestion, gastroenteritis and so on.
1. Food allergy: in general, eating mussels after abdominal pain belongs to eating seafood after food-borne allergies, most of them are due to their own physical factors, can be accompanied by itching, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms, should be sent to the hospital as soon as possible, the use of cetirizine, benadryl, loratadine, and other medications under the guidance of the doctor for anti-allergy treatment.
2. Indigestion: mussels are high-protein foods, if a large number of food will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, resulting in gastrointestinal stimulation, leading to abdominal pain, may also be due to their own digestive ability is poor, for seafood and high-protein food is more difficult to digest, resulting in indigestion caused by abdominal pain.
3. Gastroenteritis: generally may be due to improper handling of seafood or not fresh enough, resulting in seafood contaminated by bacteria, the patient will appear gastroenteritis, if the symptoms continue to aggravate, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible, the diagnosis to identify the cause of the disease can be used after the use of antibiotics, such as levofloxacin for treatment.
If the patient eats seafood after abdominal pain for a long time can not be relieved or abdominal pain aggravation, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner.