Why Does My Stomach Always Hurt?

If you have stomach pain, you should stop eating. If it is acute abdominal pain, you should rest promptly and avoid excessive fatigue. When lying down, choose a comfortable position. If the cause of abdominal pain is unknown, analgesics should not be used. The diet should consist of easily digestible liquid foods, and spicy and stimulating foods should be avoided. Keep your abdomen warm, as there are many causes of recurrent abdominal pain. Why does your stomach always hurt? Let's take a look.

1. Acute or chronic inflammation of abdominal organs such as acute gastroenteritis, acute cholecystitis, acute appendicitis, chronic gastritis, and inflammatory bowel disease.

2. Perforation or rupture of abdominal organs such as gastric and duodenal ulcer perforation, liver rupture, spleen rupture, and ectopic pregnancy rupture.

3. Obstruction or dilation of abdominal organs such as acute intestinal obstruction, inguinal hernia incarceration, intussusception, cholelithiasis, kidney and ureteral stones.

4. Torsion of abdominal organs such as acute gastric torsion, ovarian cyst pedicle torsion, greater omentum torsion, and intestinal torsion.

5. Gastrointestinal motility dysfunction such as gastroparesis, functional dyspepsia, and hepatic and splenic flexure syndrome.

6. Abdominal wall diseases such as abdominal wall contusion, abscess, and herpes zoster.

7. Thoracic diseases such as acute myocardial infarction, acute pericarditis, angina pectoris, pneumonia, and pulmonary infarction.

8. Systemic diseases and others such as rheumatic fever, uremia, acute lead poisoning, hematoporphyria, abdominal allergic purpura, and abdominal epilepsy.

1. Suspend eating if abdominal pain occurs.

2. If acute abdominal pain occurs, immediately rest in place and adopt a comfortable position.

3. Do not use analgesics before the cause of abdominal pain is clear.

4. Maintain a calm mindset and avoid adverse emotions such as tension and panic caused by abdominal pain.

5. For patients with relevant medical history, if it is determined that the abdominal pain is related to other diseases, targeted treatment should be provided.

6. Seek medical attention as soon as possible.

1. Abdominal pain in children.

2. Abdominal pain that cannot be relieved or continues to worsen.

3. Rapidly spreading pain throughout the abdomen.

4. Abdominal distension accompanied by vomiting or hematemesis.

5. Discomfort in the precordial region.

6. Abdominal pain after trauma.

7. Lower abdominal colic, frequent urination, hematuria, etc.