What are the most common causes of abdominal pain?
Whether a mild stomach pain, acute pain, or stomach cramps, abdominal pain can have many causes. Some of the most common causes include:
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Indigestion
Constipation
Stomach virus
menstrual cramps
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Poisoned food
Food Allergies
Gas
Lactose intolerance
Ulcers
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Hernia
Gallstones
Kidney stones
endometriosis
Crohn's disease
Urinary tract infection
gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Appendicitis
Fever
Inability to keep food down for more than 2 days
Any signs of dehydration
Inability to pass stool, especially if you are also vomiting
painful urination or unusually frequent
The abdomen is tender to the touch
Pain is the result of an injury in the abdomen
The pain lasts longer than a few hours
These symptoms can be a sign of an internal problem that requires treatment as soon as possible.
Seek immediate medical attention for abdominal pain if:
vomiting blood
The bloody or black tarry stools
Having trouble breathing
You have pain that occurs during pregnancy
How is the cause of abdominal pain determined?
Because there are many possible causes of abdominal pain, the doctor will perform a complete physical exam, discuss with you the type of symptoms you are experiencing and ask you several questions about the pain you are feeling. These questions may include:
What kind of pain are you experiencing? Is the pain over his abdomen or are confined to a particular area?
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Where in the abdomen it appears to be localized pain?
What kind of pain are you experiencing? You are stabbing and severe? Is it a dull pain?
When pain occurs? Always? More often in the morning or at night? If the pain comes and goes, about how long it takes each time? Does it occur after eating certain types of foods or after drinking alcohol? During menstruation?
How long have you had this pain?
Does the pain radiates in the lower back, shoulder, groin or buttocks?
Are you taking any medications or herbal supplement?
You are pregnant?
does any activity, such as eating or lying back and relieve the pain?
Have you recently injured?
Once the initial assessment is complete, the doctor may have to undergo some tests to help determine the cause of your pain. These may include stool or urine, blood, swallow or barium enemas, an endoscopy, X-ray, ultrasound or CT scan.
