Abdominal pain after meals may be related to indigestion, irritable bowel syndrome, gastroenteritis, gastric ulcer, gastrointestinal spasm and other diseases.
1. Dyspepsia: common symptoms of epigastric pain, often related to eating, mostly manifested as postprandial fullness, postprandial pain, loss of appetite, belching (burping), nausea and so on.
2. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): often triggered by emotional, dietary and other factors, can appear in different degrees of abdominal pain or abdominal discomfort, the site is usually not fixed.
3. Gastroenteritis: patients may originally suffer from chronic gastroenteritis, or dietary impurity leads to acute gastroenteritis, which can cause abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. after meals.
4. Gastric ulcer: the typical symptom of postprandial abdominal pain, mainly due to excessive secretion of gastric acid after meals, stimulating the gastric ulcer surface caused by pain, belching, bloating and so on.
5. Gastrointestinal spasm: consuming spicy, cold and other irritating foods can easily cause gastrointestinal spasm, which in turn triggers abdominal pain, usually colicky, can be accompanied by abdominal distension and other symptoms.
There are many other causes of abdominal pain after meals, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital in a timely manner, after the cause is clear, under the guidance of the doctor for targeted treatment.