Abdominal pain after not eating on time may be caused by physiological factors, such as stomach cramps or intestinal cramps, may also be caused by pathological factors, such as duodenal ulcer.
1. Physiological factors: the human body fasting or in hunger for a long time, can lead to the stomach and small intestine in the empty, at this time the stomach peristalsis, small intestinal peristalsis will increase, and peristalsis irregularity, which can lead to stomach cramps or intestinal spasms and pain, usually around the navel or epigastric pain is the main pain, the pain can be relieved after eating.
2. Pathologic factors:
(1) duodenal ulcer: patients may have empty abdominal pain, manifested as preprandial pain, which can be relieved after meals, and the pain can reappear 2~4 hours after meals, which can be relieved after meals, and midnight pain is more common. Duodenal ulcer patients may have bleeding, perforation and other complications, manifested as black feces, vomiting blood, severe abdominal pain.
(2) chronic gastritis: patients do not eat on time can make gastric fluid secretion disorders and destroy the protective barrier of the gastric mucosa, which occurs in the epigastric pain, at the same time, there can be loss of appetite, postprandial fullness, acid reflux and other discomfort.
If the patient does not eat on time after the symptoms of abdominal pain, should go to the hospital in a timely manner, identify the cause of the disease and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.