What should I do if I have frequent stomach pains? Timely medical diagnosis is the best way to accurately find out what causes stomach pain, whether it is a gastrointestinal problem or other problems, to carry out scientific and formal treatment. To accurately determine the stomach pain is the key, so how to determine it? How to judge stomach pain 1, the location of the pain: the stomach is located in the upper abdomen, in the depression under the sternum, above the navel (near the heart fossa). If the stomach is divided into four regions, the pain in this region on the left side is most likely to be stomach pain. However, it may also be caused by diseases of the esophagus, duodenum, gallbladder, liver or pancreas, so the time of pain and accompanying symptoms are also needed as guidelines for judgment. 2. Time of pain: Does stomach pain occur after or before a meal? After consuming certain foods? or occurring under conditions such as overfed and overfed overeating. Since most stomach discomfort is very closely related to eating, it is also more accurate to use the time, habit, content and type of diet as a guideline for identification. 3, observe the symptoms: stomach discomfort accompanied by a variety of symptoms, such as burping, flatulence, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, chest tightness, etc., due to the different symptoms of each disease performance, if accompanied by chest tightness and heartburn, vomiting acid, burping and other symptoms, may be esophageal disease; if accompanied by fasting pain, fullness and hunger, burping with acidic taste, or even vomiting blood and other symptoms, may be a gastric ulcer, but if burping, jaundice, fever and other symptoms, and stomach However, if symptoms such as hiccups, jaundice or fever are not related to the stomach, they may be a problem with the gallbladder. Therefore, you should not ignore all the symptoms that accompany abdominal pain. If you experience stomach pain, it is best not to conclude that it is a “stomach ache” just because you have a pain in the upper abdomen and rush to the hospital to tell the doctor that you have a “stomach” ache, as this may cause misdiagnosis or delay the condition. It is best to describe the condition in terms of the location of the pain and the symptoms, and only after a thorough diagnosis can we determine whether it is a “stomach” problem.