Many times we feel pain or discomfort in the stomach or lower abdomen and leave it aside without giving it the importance it deserves. These pains and can be harmless can be more serious thing to pay attention. Here I explain some of the most common ailments to recognize that pain is overwhelming.
- Acid Reflux It’s the stomach acid flowing backward from the stomach into the throat and affects twenty percent of adults at least once a week. It feels like a pain or burning behind the breastbone that is sometimes worse after you eat or when you lie. If you feel that only a few times a year, you can deal with antacid liquid or tablets if you suffer a few times a week is best to consult a doctor to prescribe you some medicines that reduce acid production.
- Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix is a small pouch the size of a finger that is attached to the colon. About ten percent of people have problems with it at some point in life. It feels like a discomfort around the navel moves toward the lower right abdomen. As time passes it becomes more painful and feels worse when walking. What you do here is go to a hospital because it requires emergency surgery.
- Gallstones are small stones that are the size of a pea to a golf ball within the gallbladder, a sac connected to the liver and small intestine. These are made of hardened cholesterol and bile produced by a high-fat diet or a bladder that empties properly.
Women are more likely than men to have them, since more than twenty percent have them some time in their lives. They feel like a sharp pain in the middle upper abdomen to the right side, below the ribs and gets worse after eating. If the pain does not go within hours or if you have fever or vomiting, go to the doctor. He can diagnose these stones with ultrasound or ultrasound and may need surgery to remove the gallbladder.
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A failure in the nerves that control the bowel and is experienced by twenty percent of adults. Symptoms may include nausea, abdominal swelling, diarrhea or constipation and cramps in the lower abdomen. These symptoms subside when the bowels move. To improve you should see a doctor, who prescribed an antispasmodic drug to control pain and movement.
- Ulcer: A sore in the lining of the stomach and ten percent of the population will suffer at some point in their lives. It feels like a burning pain in the stomach that comes and goes, but it feels worse when you’re hungry. To improve you must stop any drugs such as aspirin and ibuprofen, because these directly affect the stomach lining. Go to where the doctor who can give you antibiotics to kill any bacteria that causes ulcers and can even require surgery.
