Pain next to the stomach may be caused by physiological factors such as overeating, or pathologic factors such as gastrointestinal diseases, liver and gallbladder diseases, and genitourinary diseases.
1. Physiological factors: when there is overeating, drastic changes in mood, or overwork, etc., there is a possibility of causing pain next to the stomach. Secondly, when eating cold and spicy food such as chili peppers or fried food that is difficult to digest, it will stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, and then pain next to the stomach may also occur.
2. Gastrointestinal diseases: gastroenteritis, peptic ulcer, gastrointestinal dysfunction, gastrointestinal tumors, intestinal polyps and other gastrointestinal diseases can also cause pain in the stomach, which may be accompanied by abdominal pain and bloating, nausea and vomiting, acid regurgitation and belching and other symptoms.
3. Hepatobiliary diseases: viral hepatitis (hepatitis B, hepatitis C, etc.), fatty liver, alcoholic liver, cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer, cholecystitis, gallstones, bile duct stones and other diseases may cause the patient to have pain in the side of the stomach. At this time, patients may also be accompanied by weakness, jaundice, anorexia and other symptoms.
4. Genitourinary diseases: such as kidney stones, ureteral stones, ovarian inflammation, prostate inflammation or tumors and other diseases, can also appear next to the pain in the stomach, the patient at this time may also be accompanied by frequent urination, urinary urgency, urinary incontinence or even hematuria, pus urine and other symptoms.
In addition, there are many other causes of pain next to the stomach, such as appendicitis, pancreatitis, abdominal muscle strain and other diseases, when the patient long-term or repeated pain on both sides of the stomach, it is recommended that timely medical care, identify the cause of the disease, targeted treatment, so as not to delay the condition.