A while ago the circle of friends are hotly debated an airline passengers stomach pain themselves climbing into the ambulance thing, the news said the passenger is an intra-abdominal hernia combined with acute intestinal obstruction, resulting in small intestine necrosis. This situation is very critical, if not removed in time, the necrotic intestine can cause infectious shock, or even death. Since pain is the body’s signal for us to call for help in time, what should we do when we face severe abdominal pain? As the saying goes, it’s better to ask for help than to ask for help, and it’s better to count on the airlines than to grow some knowledge!
1.Bursts of colic
Presumed cause: intestinal obstruction
Serious consequences: intestinal perforation, intestinal necrosis, shock
The stomach pain caused by intestinal obstruction is mainly a burst of colic, the whole stomach will also be as swollen as the gas, some patients will also vomit, not put “poof”, nor “mmmmm”, the whole intestine is like being blocked. If the colic becomes persistent and more painful than the other, it may turn into more serious strangulated intestinal obstruction. There are many causes of intestinal obstruction, including constipation, inflammation, mechanical obstruction (extra-intestinal compression, intestinal overlap, intestinal torsion, and foreign body obstruction), and intestinal tumors. If not treated in time, it can cause intestinal perforation, intestinal necrosis, infectious shock, and even death.
2, the right side of the small stomach pain, but also scurrying
Presumed cause: appendicitis
Serious consequences: appendix perforation, abscess
Appendicitis, generally painful and painful will change places. The most typical is that the pain starts at the top of the stomach, gradually moves down to around the belly button, and finally moves to the right side of the belly, that is, the lower right abdomen, and sets up camp here and hurts hard. The characteristic of the disease is that once the pain shifts to the lower right abdomen, the areas that were previously painful do not hurt anymore. Moreover, most patients have a low fever, even in septic appendicitis, which does not exceed 38°C. If the fever is high, it is likely that appendicitis perforation or even peritonitis has occurred.
Appendicitis can cause complications such as perforation and periappendiceal abscess if left untreated.
3, stomach pain after eating and drinking a lot
Presumed cause: pancreatitis
Serious consequences: abscess, infection, death
Stomach pain caused by pancreatitis often occurs after eating a lot of greasy food or after drinking a lot of alcohol, the pain is usually located in the upper middle of the stomach, sometimes radiating pain to the waist, back whoosh. The degree of pain varies from person to person, from a dull ache in mild cases to a constant cramping in severe cases. Mild pancreatitis has no complications, while severe pancreatitis can cause pancreatic abscesses, abdominal infections, and multi-organ failure. It should be noted that the mortality rate of severe pancreatitis is very high, and if not controlled early, the mortality rate can even reach 40 to 50 percent.
4. Knife-like cramps on the right side of the stomach
Presumed cause: cholecystitis
Serious consequences: perforation
The pain caused by acute cholecystitis is located on the right side of the stomach, the patient will feel like a knife cutting strangulation pain (imagine a sharp knife in the stomach rotating jumping …), a burst of episodes, the onset of no warning, severe pain often hit the patient by surprise, may also be accompanied by nausea and vomiting and fever, generally fever below 38, 5 degrees, some patients will also have radiating pain in the right shoulder. Untreated cholecystitis may result in gallbladder perforation and peribiliary abscess, liver abscess, but such serious consequences are relatively rare.
5. The whole stomach hurts in women of childbearing age
Presumed cause: ectopic pregnancy
Serious consequence: haemorrhage
The pain caused by ectopic pregnancy is pain throughout the stomach. Before the ectopic pregnancy ruptures and bleeds, the patient will feel especially painful, and after the rupture and bleeding, the pain will feel a little lighter instead. The most common complication of ectopic pregnancy is bleeding in the abdominal cavity. With the improvement of medical conditions, the mortality rate of ectopic pregnancy is not so high, but once the attack occurs, the condition is usually more dangerous.
6. pain in the lower back and abdomen, and pain in the lower body
Presumed cause: urinary calculi
Serious consequences: shock
The most typical symptoms of urinary stones are renal colic and hematuria. If one side of the lumbar abdomen suddenly super pain, but also along the ureter whoosh to the lower body (testicles, scrotum, labia majora) radiating pain, it is very likely to be renal colic. Renal colic is mainly caused when a stone in the kidney falls into the ureter and moves down the ureter to be discharged. The pain is particularly sudden and intense, and can last from a few minutes to several minutes, or in some cases, several hours. When the pain strikes, the patient may also be nauseous and vomit, sweating profusely, pale, tossing and turning, and in severe cases, shock.
7. A bag on the stomach with severe pain
Presumed cause: incarcerated hernia
Serious consequences: ischemic necrosis of the intestinal wall
A hernia is when a part of the body leaves its place and burrows somewhere else. The area where the hernia occurs usually has a bulge, so it is easy to detect. A hernia is not painful and sometimes there is a feeling of falling down and soreness, but if an incarcerated hernia occurs, the patient will have severe pain. The so-called ingrown hernia is that it burrows into someone else’s territory and ends up stuck and can’t go back. This pain starts with a burst, and then it hurts so much that it can’t stop. In addition to severe pain, the patient will also experience symptoms of intestinal obstruction such as vomiting, stopping exhaustion and stopping defecation. If the intestinal tube where the obstruction occurs is the intestine, it is continuously stuck, and the intestine will be necrotic because there is no blood supply, and the consequences are very serious.
8, cardiovascular patients with sudden stomach cramps
Serious consequences: intestinal necrosis
The abdominal pain caused by mesenteric vascular embolism is very severe and persistent pain, the pain site is often in the upper abdomen, around the navel or right upper abdomen, the patient often also nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. The pain is usually sudden and without warning, and it is difficult to relieve the pain with antispasmodic drugs. This disease can cause extensive intestinal necrosis if not treated in time, so it is still very dangerous. Patients with cardiovascular disease must be more careful and go to the hospital as soon as symptoms appear.