Stomach tightness is usually considered as stomach cramps, which can be caused by physiological factors such as diet, or pathologic factors such as peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis and stomach cancer.
1. Physiological factors: if patients eat a lot of cold, spicy and other stimulating food or fried food that is difficult to digest, or have bad dietary habits such as overeating and irregular eating, it will stimulate the gastric mucosa and lead to stomach cramps, which will make the patients feel that their stomachs are tightened as if they are gripped together.
When the abdomen is cold or in a state of prolonged mental tension and anxiety, it will also stimulate the stomach, resulting in smooth muscle contraction, causing stomach cramps, resulting in stomach tightening like pulling together.
2. Pathological factors: such as peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, gastric cancer and other gastric diseases, will cause damage to the gastric mucosa, affecting its digestive function, stimulate the smooth muscle contraction, causing stomach cramps, so that the patient feels the stomach tight like pulling together.
In addition, some drugs, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (aspirin, etc.), there is also a certain degree of irritation of the gastric mucosa, long-term use may also damage the gastric mucosa, resulting in stomach cramps, the patient may also appear to tighten the stomach like pulling together the feeling.
If the patient has a long-term or repeated tightness of the stomach like pulling together, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner to identify the cause of the disease, targeted treatment, so as not to delay the condition.